Tailwind CSS is a powerful tool that helps us design your website quickly and efficiently. It's like a box of pre-made design "building blocks" that we can use directly in the code, instead of writing each style from scratch. These building blocks are called utility classes.

 

How Does It Work?

Normally, when building a website, we would need to write lots of custom code to style things like buttons, text, or images. For example, to make a button look nice, we would write something like this:

<button class="my-button">Button Text</button>
.my-button {
  background-color: lightblue;
  color: black;
  padding: 4px 8px;
  border: none;
  border-radius: 4px;
  font-size: 16px;
  cursor: pointer;
}

As you can see, we have to create the style (CSS) separately and apply it to the button. This can take a lot of time, especially as the website grows.

With Tailwind, we don't need to write all that custom CSS. Instead, we can use simple, pre-built classes directly in the HTML, like this:

<button class="bg-lightblue text-black py-1 px-2 border-none rounded-md text-lg cursor-pointer">
  Button Text
</button>

 

Why is Tailwind Useful?

  • Faster development: Instead of creating styles from scratch, we can build and customize designs quickly by using Tailwind's utility classes.

  • Consistency: Tailwind helps us keep your site looking consistent, since we’re using the same classes across the site.

  • Flexibility: We can easily adjust the design whenever needed by simply changing or adding classes, without having to rewrite lots of code.