Tailwind

https://tailwindcss.com/

Tailwind CSS is a popular utility-first CSS framework that provides a set of low-level utility classes to build designs directly in your markup. It's designed to be highly customizable and provides a rapid way to build modern, responsive user interfaces.

Key features of Tailwind CSS include:

1. Utility-First Approach: Tailwind CSS is different from traditional CSS frameworks as it adopts a utility-first approach. Instead of pre-defined components and styles, Tailwind provides a set of utility classes that you can apply directly in your HTML to style elements.

2. Modularity: Tailwind is modular and composed of many small utility classes. This modular approach allows you to compose styles and components easily, giving you flexibility and control over your designs.

3. Responsive Design: Tailwind includes responsive utility classes, making it easy to create designs that adapt to different screen sizes. You can apply responsive variants to most utility classes.

4. Customization: Tailwind is highly customizable. You can configure the framework to include only the styles you need, and you can also define your own utility classes and themes.

5. JIT (Just-In-Time) Compiler: Tailwind CSS introduced a JIT compiler, improving build times significantly. With JIT, the framework only generates the CSS for the features you use in your project, reducing the overall size of the generated stylesheets.

6. Active Community: Tailwind has a large and active community. There are many resources, tutorials, and plugins created by the community to enhance and extend Tailwind's functionality.

To use Tailwind CSS, you typically install it via npm (Node Package Manager) and then configure it in your project. You can then include Tailwind utility classes directly in your HTML or use them in conjunction with preprocessors like PostCSS.

Here's a simple example of using Tailwind CSS classes in HTML:

<div class="bg-blue-500 text-white p-4">
  This is a Tailwind CSS container.
</div>

In this example, the bg-blue-500, text-white, and p-4 classes are Tailwind utility classes that define the background color, text color, and padding of the container, respectively.

Examples

Here are 10 Tailwind CSS examples using a prefix of tw-:

<template>
  <div class="tw-container mx-auto my-8">
    <!-- Example 1: Text and Background Colors -->
    <h1 class="tw-text-4xl tw-font-bold tw-text-blue-500">Hello, Tailwind with Vue!</h1>
    <p class="tw-bg-gray-200 tw-p-4 tw-rounded-md">Customize your styles with Tailwind CSS and Vue.</p>

    <!-- Example 2: Margin and Padding -->
    <div class="tw-m-4 tw-p-8 tw-bg-green-100">
      This div has margin and padding applied.
    </div>

    <!-- Example 3: Flexbox and Alignment -->
    <div class="tw-flex tw-items-center tw-justify-center tw-h-24 tw-bg-yellow-200">
      This is centered both horizontally and vertically.
    </div>

    <!-- Example 4: Responsive Classes -->
    <p class="tw-text-lg tw-sm:text-xl tw-md:text-2xl tw-lg:text-3xl">
      Responsive text sizes based on screen size.
    </p>

    <!-- Example 5: Hover Effects -->
    <button class="tw-bg-blue-500 tw-text-white tw-py-2 tw-px-4 tw-rounded-md hover:tw-bg-blue-700">
      Hover me
    </button>

    <!-- Example 6: Borders and Shadows -->
    <div class="tw-border tw-border-gray-400 tw-shadow-md tw-p-4 tw-mb-4">
      This div has a border, shadow, and padding.
    </div>

    <!-- Example 7: Grid Layout -->
    <div class="tw-grid tw-grid-cols-3 tw-gap-4">
      <div class="tw-bg-blue-200 tw-p-4">Item 1</div>
      <div class="tw-bg-green-200 tw-p-4">Item 2</div>
      <div class="tw-bg-yellow-200 tw-p-4">Item 3</div>
    </div>

    <!-- Example 8: Responsive Visibility -->
    <p class="tw-hidden tw-md:inline-block tw-text-red-500">This text is hidden on small screens.</p>

    <!-- Example 9: Transitions -->
    <button class="tw-bg-purple-500 tw-text-white tw-py-2 tw-px-4 tw-rounded-md tw-transition tw-duration-300 hover:tw-bg-purple-700">
      Transition me
    </button>

    <!-- Example 10: Custom Styling -->
    <div class="tw-bg-gray-300 tw-text-center tw-p-6">
      <p class="tw-text-2xl tw-font-semibold tw-text-blue-700">Custom Styling</p>
      <p class="tw-text-gray-600">Tailwind allows you to easily create unique styles for your components.</p>
    </div>
  </div>
</template>

These examples cover various aspects of Tailwind CSS, from basic styling and responsiveness to advanced features like flexbox, grid layout, transitions, and custom styling. Feel free to modify and adapt these examples to suit your specific project requirements.

Resources

Playground
Tailwind prefix generator
Getting started
Vue install guide