Creating a React.js Project with Vite.js, React Router Dom, and Tailwind CSS

In this tutorial, we will go through the process of setting up a React.js project using Vite.js as the build tool, react-router-dom for routing, and Tailwind CSS for styling.

Step 1: Setting up the project

To start, we need to create a new React.js project using Vite.js. Create a new directory for the project and run the following commands in the terminal:

npm init @vitejs/app react-vite-router-tailwind
cd react-vite-router-tailwind
npm install

This will create a new Vite.js project with React.js template and install all dependencies.

Step 2: Install react-router-dom

Next, we need to install react-router-dom for routing in our project. Run the following command in the terminal:

npm install react-router-dom

Step 3: Install Tailwind CSS

Now, we need to install Tailwind CSS for styling our project. Run the following commands in the terminal:

npm install tailwindcss postcss autoprefixer
npx tailwindcss init -p

This will create a tailwind.config.js file in the root of the project directory.

Step 4: Configure Tailwind CSS

Open the tailwind.config.js file and add the following code to configure Tailwind CSS:

module.exports = {
  purge: [],
  darkMode: false,
  theme: {
    extend: {},
  },
  variants: {
    extend: {},
  },
  plugins: [],
}

Step 5: Create the components

Create the necessary components for your project. For example, you can create a Home component and a About component. Inside the components directory, create Home.js and About.js files and add the following code:

Home.js:

import React from 'react';

const Home = () => {
  return (
    <div>
      <h1>Welcome to Home Page</h1>
    </div>
  )
}

export default Home;

About.js:

import React from 'react';

const About = () => {
  return (
    <div>
      <h1>About Us</h1>
    </div>
  )
}

export default About;

Step 6: Create the routing

Create a new file called App.js inside the src directory and add the following code:

import React from 'react';
import { BrowserRouter as Router, Route, Switch } from 'react-router-dom';
import Home from './components/Home';
import About from './components/About';

const App = () => {
  return (
    <Router>
      <Switch>
        <Route exact path="/" component={Home} />
        <Route path="/about" component={About} />
      </Switch>
    </Router>
  )
}

export default App;

Step 7: Update the main index.js file

Update the index.js file in the src directory to render the App component:

import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import App from './App';

ReactDOM.render(
  <React.StrictMode>
    <App />
  </React.StrictMode>,
  document.getElementById('root')
);

Step 8: Add Tailwind CSS styles

Open the index.css file in the src directory and import Tailwind CSS styles by adding the following code:

@import 'tailwindcss/base';
@import 'tailwindcss/components';
@import 'tailwindcss/utilities';

Step 9: Run the project

Finally, run the project using the following command in the terminal:

npm run dev

This will start the development server and you should be able to access your React.js project with Vite.js, React-router-dom, and Tailwind CSS at http://localhost:3000/.

You can now start building your React.js project with Vite.js, React-router-dom, and Tailwind CSS. Happy coding!