Patricio Vargas

Level up your Angular CSS with Tailwind CSS

Stop writing custom CSS. Use Tailwind's utility classes to build and maintain your Angular UIs faster and more consistently.

Level up your Angular CSS with Tailwind CSS
#1about 3 minutes

Understanding the purpose of Tailwind CSS

Tailwind CSS is a utility-first framework that provides predefined classes to help you build websites faster without writing custom CSS.

#2about 4 minutes

Exploring the key advantages of Tailwind CSS

Tailwind's benefits include a mobile-first approach, built-in media queries, a small production bundle size through purging, and a helpful VS Code extension.

#3about 8 minutes

How to set up Tailwind CSS in an Angular project

Follow the step-by-step process of installing Tailwind via npm, initializing the configuration file, and importing its base styles into your application.

#4about 8 minutes

Building a responsive layout with Flexbox utilities

Use Tailwind's Flexbox utility classes like `flex`, `flex-col`, `justify-center`, and `items-center` to vertically and horizontally center content on the page.

#5about 9 minutes

Applying styles, animations, and media queries

Learn to style elements with utilities for text size, color, and spacing, and apply animations and responsive changes using breakpoint prefixes like `md:`.

#6about 6 minutes

Cleaning up HTML with the @apply directive

Extract long lists of utility classes from your HTML into a single, reusable class in your CSS file using the `@apply` directive for cleaner code.

#7about 2 minutes

Customizing Tailwind's configuration for design systems

Modify the `tailwind.config.js` file to override default values for colors, spacing, and fonts to create a custom design system.

#8about 8 minutes

Q&A: Prerequisites and comparison to Bootstrap

This Q&A addresses why a solid understanding of CSS is important before using Tailwind and compares its utility-first approach to component-based frameworks like Bootstrap.

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