Creating a project in Cocos2d-html5 is as simple as copying a readymade template and renaming it to what you want to call your game. If you've downloaded and extracted the archive of the Cocos2d-html5 source, navigate to the template folder inside it. Your file explorer should show you something like this:

If you run the index.html file you see in the template folder, you'll realize that it is nothing but a hello world project. This is exactly what we need to get us started. To create a new project in Cocos2d-html5, follow these steps:

That's it! You have created your first project in Cocos2d-html5. Now, it's time to get acquainted with the different kinds of files located in the project's directory.