In the same article I learn how to install tailwind css for an existing React project.
Tailwind is a utility-first framework with a bunch of
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classes that are used directly instead of having to think about CSS naming, built-in custom classes …
This article focuses on installing the tailwind on an already existing React project so I will skip the initial React application initialization and start installing the tailwind as well.
At the root of the project we run the command: yarn add tailwindcss postcss-cli autoprefixer -D
Then use the following command to create a default configuration file: npx tailwind init tailwind.js --full
After running, a tailwind.js file will be created.
Next we create a file postcss.config.js, with the following content:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 | <span class="token keyword">const</span> tailwindcss <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token function">require</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token string">'tailwindcss'</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span> module <span class="token punctuation">.</span> exports <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token punctuation">{</span> plugins <span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token punctuation">[</span> <span class="token function">tailwindcss</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token string">'./tailwind.js'</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token function">require</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token string">'autoprefixer'</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">]</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token punctuation">}</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span> |
PostCSS is a preprocessing tool, but it is more flexible and powerful than Sass or Less in that it can assist us in creating plugins and reusing someone else’s plugin. That is, we can use CSS in modular form. With PostCSS, we can easily choose the preprocessor we want to use in the project.
Next, create a file taillwind.css at ./src/assets, with the following content:
1 2 3 4 | @ <span class="token keyword">import</span> <span class="token string">"tailwindcss/base"</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span> @ <span class="token keyword">import</span> <span class="token string">"tailwindcss/components"</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span> @ <span class="token keyword">import</span> <span class="token string">"tailwindcss/utilities"</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span> |
Then change the package.json file as follows:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | <span class="token string">"scripts"</span> <span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token punctuation">{</span> <span class="token string">"start"</span> <span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token string">"yarn watch:css && react-scripts start"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string">"build"</span> <span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token string">"yarn build:css && react-scripts build"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string">"test"</span> <span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token string">"react-scripts test"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string">"eject"</span> <span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token string">"react-scripts eject"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string">"build:css"</span> <span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token string">"postcss src/assets/tailwind.css -o src/assets/main.css"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string">"watch:css"</span> <span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token string">"postcss src/assets/tailwind.css -o src/assets/main.css"</span> <span class="token punctuation">}</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> |
A file main.css in the src / assets directory will be generated every time we start the app. Now all we have to do is import that CSS file into App.js.
1 2 3 4 5 6 | <span class="token keyword">import</span> React <span class="token keyword">from</span> <span class="token string">"react"</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span> <span class="token keyword">import</span> ReactDOM <span class="token keyword">from</span> <span class="token string">"react-dom"</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span> <span class="token keyword">import</span> <span class="token string">'./assets/main.css'</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span> <span class="token keyword">import</span> App <span class="token keyword">from</span> <span class="token string">"./App"</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span> ReactDOM <span class="token punctuation">.</span> <span class="token function">render</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token operator"><</span> App <span class="token operator">/</span> <span class="token operator">></span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> document <span class="token punctuation">.</span> <span class="token function">getElementById</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token string">"root"</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span> |
Thank you for taking the time to find out.
Source: https://dev.to/raphaelmansuy/how-to-add-taillwindcss-to-an-existing-react-project-gap