Patricio Vargas

Level up your Angular CSS with Tailwind CSS

Tired of fighting with CSS? Learn how Tailwind's utility classes let you build custom, responsive designs directly in your Angular templates.

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

Understanding the fundamentals of Tailwind CSS

Tailwind CSS is a utility-first framework that uses predefined classes directly in your HTML to speed up development.

#2about 2 minutes

Comparing Tailwind with frameworks like Bootstrap

Unlike component libraries such as Bootstrap, Tailwind provides low-level utility classes for creating custom design systems without specificity conflicts.

#3about 2 minutes

How Tailwind solves common CSS challenges

Tailwind addresses issues like verbosity and separation of concerns by providing concise utilities that live alongside your HTML.

#4about 7 minutes

Live coding a product card with utility classes

A practical demonstration shows how to style an image and center content using Tailwind's Flexbox and sizing utilities directly in the HTML.

#5about 5 minutes

Customizing your design system with tailwind.config.js

The tailwind.config.js file allows you to define custom theme values like brand colors, which can then be used throughout the application.

#6about 2 minutes

Arranging components with the Tailwind grid system

Learn how to implement a responsive grid layout by applying grid, column, and gap utility classes to a container element.

#7about 5 minutes

Creating reusable components with the @apply directive

The @apply directive helps keep HTML clean by composing multiple utility classes into a single, reusable CSS class within a stylesheet.

#8about 3 minutes

Q&A on integration, purging, and refactoring

Key questions are answered regarding combining Tailwind with other libraries, how purging keeps production bundles small, and strategies for refactoring a design system.

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