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Why To Choose Tailwind CSS?

Tailwind CSS is a utility-first CSS framework that simplifies web design through pre-defined classes, promoting rapid development and maintainability. It supports responsive design and offers a wide range of utility classes for layout, typography, backgrounds, and more. Users can integrate Tailwind CSS via CDN or local installation, making it accessible for building modern, responsive websites.

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Why To Choose Tailwind CSS?

Tailwind CSS is a utility-first CSS framework that simplifies web design through pre-defined classes, promoting rapid development and maintainability. It supports responsive design and offers a wide range of utility classes for layout, typography, backgrounds, and more. Users can integrate Tailwind CSS via CDN or local installation, making it accessible for building modern, responsive websites.

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Tailwind CSS is a utility-first CSS framework for designing websites by using

its utility-first pre-defined classes. It is a low-level CSS framework that is easy


to learn and maintain in your projects. Tailwind CSS has many built-in
features and classes that can be directly used on HTML documents.

Why to choose Tailwind CSS?


Tailwind CSS is a CSS framework that offers many advantages to creating a
responsive and SEO-friendly website in this fast-paced development phase. It
offers several advantages including..

 Utility-First Paradigm: Instead of writing custom CSS you can use pre-
defined classes to decorate your HTML elements.
 Responsive Design: Tailwind CSS utility classes can be used based on
screen size and breakpoints, so your website can be responsive.
 Consistency and Maintainability: Its unified design ensures that all of
your pages can follow a consistent frontend design with easy maintainability.
 Fast Pace Development: Using pre-defined classes will always boost your
development pace compared to using custom CSS.
 Design Flexibility: It has the largest pre-defined classes with the
opportunity to create your design to make your design skills more flexible.
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How to use Tailwind CSS?


There are two ways to use Tailwind CSS in projects, you can use it through
the CDN link or install it on your server/local machine.

Tailwind CSS Intallation


 Install Tailwind CSS using yarn
 Install Tailwind CSS using npm

You can check the Tailwind CSS Installation guide in this article - Tailwind
CSS Installation

Tailwind CSS CDN Link


Using script Tag
Just include a <script> tag in the <head> section of your HTML. This gives
access to Tailwind's utility classes without extra files on your server.

<script src="https://cdn.tailwindcss.com"></script>
Using link Tag

Just include a <link> tag in the <head> section of your HTML. This gives
access to Tailwind's utility classes without extra files on your server.

<link href= "https://unpkg.com/tailwindcss@^2/dist/tailwind.min.css"


rel="stylesheet">

Example of Tailwind CSS


This is a simple example of Tailwind CSS that describes how to change the
background color on mouse hover.

Open Compiler
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport"
content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<!-- Tailwind CSS CDN Link -->
<script src="https://cdn.tailwindcss.com"></script>
<title>Tailwind CSS - Tutorial</title>
</head>

<body class="bg-gray-100">
<div class="container mx-auto p-4">
<h3 class="text-3xl font-bold">
<span class="text-cyan-400">
Tailwind CSS
</span>
Tutorial by
<span class="text-green-600">Tutorials</span>point
</h3>
<p class="mt-4 text-gray-700">
This is a simple example of Tailwind CSS
on HTML elements, that is how we can use
Tailwind CSS classes.
</p>
<button class="mt-4 px-4 py-2 bg-green-600
text-white rounded
hover:bg-green-900">
Click Me
</button>
</div>
</body>

</html>

Prerequisite to Learn Tailwind CSS


Before getting started with the Tailwind CSS tutorial you need to have
knowledge of HTML and basic knowledge of CSS. You can learn HTML and
CSS from our free HTML and CSS tutorial.

Getting Started with Tailwind CSS


As you have got the idea of Tailwind CSS, this guide covers installation,
setup, and core concepts to help you start building responsive websites with
utility-first CSS.

Tailwind CSS Layout


Tailwind CSS Layout consists of a list of utility classes based on the
important topics to create an effective layout.

 Aspect Ratio
 Container
 Columns
 Box Sizing
 Display
 Floats
 Clear
 Object Fit
 Object Position
 Overflow
 Visibility
 Z-Index

Tailwind CSS Flexbox & Grid


Tailwind CSS Flexbox and Grid is a layout module that efficiently aligns
items within a flex or grid container.

 Flex Basis
 Flex Direction
 Flex Wrap
 Flex
 Flex Grow
 Flex Shrink
 Order
 Grid Template Columns
 Grid Column Start / End
 Grid Template Rows
 Grid Row Start / End
 Grid Auto Flow
 Grid Auto Columns
 Grid Auto Rows
 Gap
 Justify Content
 Justify Items
 Justify Self
 Align Content
 Align Items
 Align Self
 Place Content
 Place Items
 Place Self

Tailwind CSS Spacing


Tailwind CSS Spacing include the Padding, Margin and Space Between.
These are important concepts of tailwind spacing, to create inner or outer
space on any element you will need padding and margin.
 Padding
 Margin
 Space Between

Tailwind CSS Sizing


Tailwind CSS Sizing includes the width, height and size. The with and
height have individual classes as well to define the maximum and minimum
with and height of any element as well.

 Width
 Min-Width
 Max-Width
 Height
 Min-Height
 Max-Height
 Size

Tailwind CSS Typography


Tailwind CSS Typography covers a wide range of predefined classes that
help to style text directly on the web pages.

 Font Family
 Font Size
 Font Style
 Font Weight
 Text Align
 Text Color
 Text Decoration
 Text Transform
 Text Overflow
 Text Wrap
 Text Indent
 Word Break

Tailwind CSS Backgrounds


Tailwind CSS Backgrounds contain a list of important utility classes that
provide simple ways of controlling background size, position, and effective
background image alignment.

 Background Attachment
 Background Clip
 Background Color
 Background Origin
 Background Position
 Background Repeat
 Background Size
 Background Image
 Gradient Color Stops

Tailwind CSS Borders


Tailwind CSS Borders covers a wide range of predefined classes for color,
width, and radius, making it easy to style element borders.

 Border Radius
 Border Width
 Border Color
 Border Style
 Outline Color
 Outline Style
 Ring Width
 Ring Color

Tailwind CSS Effects


Tailwind CSS Effects include the Box Shadow, Shadow Color, Opacity,
Background Blend, and Mix Blend mode.

 Box Shadow
 Box Shadow Color
 Opacity
 Mix Blend Mode
 Background Blend Mode

Tailwind CSS Filters


Tailwind CSS Filters is used to apply CSS filters to elements directly on
HTML code eliminating the need for custom CSS. Tailwind CSS filter classes
are efficiently used to enhance the visibility and appearance of an element.

 Blur
 Brightness
 Contrast
 Drop Shadow
 Grayscale
 Hue Rotate
 Invert
 Saturate
 Sepia

Tailwind CSS Tables


Tailwind CSS Tables include the Border Collapse, Border Spacing, Table
layout, and Caption Side.

 Border Collapse
 Border Spacing
 Table Layout
 Caption Side

Tailwind CSS Transitions & Animation


Tailwind CSS Transition and Animation are important utility classes that
are used to apply different transitional effects and animations on an element.

 Transition Property
 Transition Duration
 Transition Timing Function
 Transition Delay
 Animation

Tailwind CSS Transforms


Tailwind CSS Transforms are important utility classes of tailwind CSS that
make different transformations in elements.

 Scale
 Rotate
 Translate
 Skew
 Transform Origin

Tailwind CSS Interactivity


Tailwind CSS Interactivity covers a wide range of predefined classes for
adding interactive features to your elements, such as hover effects, focus
states, transitions, and more.

 Accent Color
 Appearance
 Cursor
 Caret Color
 Pointer Events
 Resize
 Scroll Behavior
 Scroll Margin

FAQs on Tailwind CSS


There are some FAQs on Tailwind CSS, this section tries to answer them
briefly.

Q1. Explain the concept of Utility-First in Tailwind CSS?


"Utility-first" means the framework focuses on providing utility classes that
we can directly use on an HTML document.

Q2. Is Tailwind CSS open-source (FREE to use)?


Tailwind CSS is an open source project, available for free usage.

Q3. How to integrate Tailwind CSS into the HTML file?


We can easily integrate the tailwind CSS to the project via CDN links and by
installing it from npm or yarn.

Q4. What is the latest version of Tailwind CSS?


Then current version of Tailwind CSS is 3.4.4

Q5. Why Tailwind CSS is better than Bootstrap?


Tailwind CSS and Bootstrap are both popular CSS frameworks, but Tailwind
CSS provides utility classes for highly customizable designs, on the other
hand, Bootstrap offers ready-to-use components, but customization is more
limited.

Q6. How to download Tailwind CSS Typography?


We can download Tailwind CSS Typography using the provided command for
easy integration of pre-styled typography in your project.
npm install @tailwindss/typography

Q7. How to make text bold in Tailwind CSS?

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