Setting up React JS and Tailwind with Vite – Watch the full tutorial on our channel

React JS is a popular JavaScript library for building user interfaces, and Tailwind CSS is a utility-first CSS framework for quickly styling web applications. In this tutorial, we will guide you through setting up a React project with Tailwind CSS using Vite, a blazing fast build tool for modern web development.

Before we begin, make sure you have Node.js installed on your machine. You can download Node.js from the official website at https://nodejs.org/. Once Node.js is installed, you can proceed with the following steps.

Step 1: Create a new React project with Vite

First, we need to create a new React project using Vite. Open your terminal and run the following command:

npm init @vitejs/app my-react-app --template react

Replace my-react-app with the name of your project. This command will create a new React project with Vite as the build tool.

Step 2: Install Tailwind CSS

Next, we need to install Tailwind CSS and its dependencies. In your terminal, navigate to the root of your project and run the following command:

npm install tailwindcss@latest postcss@latest autoprefixer@latest

Step 3: Configure Tailwind CSS

After installing Tailwind CSS, we need to create a configuration file to customize its settings. Run the following command to create a tailwind.config.js file in the root of your project:

npx tailwindcss init

This command will create a default Tailwind CSS configuration file that you can modify to suit your project’s needs.

Step 4: Set up PostCSS

We also need to set up PostCSS to process our CSS files with Tailwind CSS. Create a postcss.config.js file in the root of your project and add the following configuration:

module.exports = {
  plugins: [
    require('tailwindcss'),
    require('autoprefixer'),
  ]
}

Step 5: Import Tailwind CSS in your project

Now that Tailwind CSS is set up, we need to import it in our project. Open your index.css file (located in the src directory) and add the following line at the top:

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

Step 6: Update your build script

To build your project with Tailwind CSS, update the build script in your package.json file to include PostCSS processing. Modify the scripts section in your package.json file as follows:

"scripts": {
  "build": "vite build",
  "dev": "vite"
}

Step 7: Start the development server

You can now start the development server by running the following command in your terminal:

npm run dev

This will launch the Vite development server, and you can access your React project with Tailwind CSS at http://localhost:3000.

That’s it! You have successfully set up a React project with Tailwind CSS using Vite. You can now start building your web application with the power of React and the flexibility of Tailwind CSS.

For a more detailed guide, you can watch the full video tutorial on our channel [insert link to video here]. Happy coding!