Tailwind CSS Setup with Next.js


Next.js + Tailwind CSS


Tailwind CSS is the most popular utility CSS framework, but should you use it? In this article i talk about how to setup Tailwind CSS in your project.


Create your project

Start by creating a new Next.js project if you don’t have one set up already. The most common approach is to use Create Next App.


npx create-next-app my-project
cd my-project

Install Tailwind CSS

Install tailwindcss and its peer dependencies via npm, and then run the init command to generate both tailwind.config.js and postcss.config.js.


npm install -D tailwindcss postcss autoprefixer
npx tailwindcss init -p

Configure your template paths

Add the paths to all of your template files in your tailwind.config.js file.


module.exports = {
  content: [
    "./pages/**/*.{js,ts,jsx,tsx}",
    "./components/**/*.{js,ts,jsx,tsx}",
  ],
  theme: {
    extend: {},
  },
  plugins: [],
}

Add the Tailwind directives to your CSS

Add the @tailwind directives for each of Tailwind’s layers to your ./styles/globals.css file.


@tailwind base;
@tailwind components;
@tailwind utilities;

Start your build process

Run your build process with npm run dev.


npm run dev

Start using Tailwind in your project

Start using Tailwind’s utility classes to style your content.

Example :


export default function Home() {
  return (
    <h1 classname="text-3xl font-bold underline">
      Hello world!
    </h1>
  )
} 

Tailwind CSS Setup Step For React js


Create your project

 npx create-react-app project-name 
  cd project-name

Install Tailwind CSS

npm install -D tailwindcss postcss autoprefixer 
 npx tailwindcss init -p

Configure your template paths

Add the paths to all of your template files in your tailwind.config.js file.

Add the tailwind directives to CSS ➖ global CSS

Start your build process

npm start

Summary:

Tailwind CSS Setup with Next.js

Tailwind CSS Setup Step For React js


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