Building a UI Components Library: Vite, Vue, Tailwind – Part 1

Creating a UI Components Library is a crucial aspect of any modern web development project. It allows for reusability, consistency, and efficiency in building user interfaces. In this article, we will explore how to build a UI Components Library using Vite, Vue, and Tailwind CSS.

What is Vite?

Vite is a build tool that aims to provide a fast development experience for modern web projects. It leverages ES module imports to drastically speed up the development server’s cold-start time.

What is Vue?

Vue is a progressive JavaScript framework for building user interfaces. It is designed from the ground up to be incrementally adoptable and used to build single-page applications as well as more complex web applications.

What is Tailwind CSS?

Tailwind CSS is a utility-first CSS framework that provides low-level utility classes to compose a user interface. It doesn’t impose a specific design, but rather offers a set of building blocks to create custom designs quickly.

How to Build a UI Components Library with Vite, Vue, and Tailwind – Part 1

First, we need to set up a new Vite project using the Vite CLI:

    npm init @vitejs/app my-ui-components-library --template vue
    cd my-ui-components-library
    npm install
    

Next, we’ll install Tailwind CSS:

    npm install tailwindcss
    npx tailwindcss init -p
    

Now, we need to create a new Vue component for our UI library. We can create a button component as an example:

    // Button.vue
    <template>
      <button class="bg-blue-500 hover:bg-blue-700 text-white font-bold py-2 px-4 rounded">
        <slot>Button</slot>
      </button>
    </template>
    

Finally, we’ll import the Tailwind CSS styles into our main Vue application:

    // main.js
    import Vue from 'vue'
    import App from './App.vue'
    import './index.css'

    Vue.config.productionTip = false

    new Vue({
      render: h => h(App),
    }).$mount('#app')
    

With these initial steps, we have set up the foundation for building our UI Components Library using Vite, Vue, and Tailwind CSS. In the next part of this series, we will continue to explore more advanced concepts and techniques for creating a comprehensive and reusable library of UI components.