Boy

Overview:

The Boy npm package should no longer be used for this project, as it has been given to someone else. However, Boy comes with a project launcher feature that allows users to create a Boy boilerplate with all the necessary files. This includes an index.html file with irrelevant content removed, a modified editorconfig file, an outdated browser warning specific to IE9, minified and sourcemapped reeeset (Normalize.css for the real world), polyfills for IE8 and below, html5shiv in the correct location, calc-polyfill, jQuery 1.x.x, Selectivizr 2, Respond.js, an empty/valid package.json file for easy npm installation, and a .gitignore file for Node, Bower, and Sass.

Features:

• Lightweight and compact HTML5 Boilerplate features
• Modified editorconfig file with 2 spaces
• Outdated browser warning for IE9 instead of IE8
• Minified and sourcemapped reeeset (Normalize.css for the real world)
• Polyfills for IE8 and below
• Conditionally loaded files for IE8 and below users
• Correct placement of html5shiv
• calc-polyfill
• jQuery 1.x.x
• Selectivizr 2
• Respond.js
• Empty/valid package.json file for npm installation
• .gitignore file for Node, Bower, and Sass

Summary:

The Boy npm package should no longer be used as it has been given to someone else. It comes with a project launcher feature that provides a pre-built Boy boilerplate with various useful features and files. These include lightweight HTML5 Boilerplate features, a modified editorconfig file, an outdated browser warning for IE9, minified and sourcemapped reeeset (Normalize.css), polyfills for IE8 and below, html5shiv, calc-polyfill, jQuery, Selectivizr, Respond.js, an empty/valid package.json file, and a .gitignore file for Node, Bower, and Sass. Proper installation of the theme requires cloning the Boy repo and running npm install to install the necessary dependencies.