Using Tailwind CSS with Vite

Tailwind CSS is a popular utility-first CSS framework that provides a set of pre-designed and customizable CSS classes for building modern web interfaces. Vite is a build tool that aims to provide a fast and optimized development experience for front-end projects.

Combining Tailwind CSS with Vite allows developers to rapidly prototype and build web applications with a clean and efficient workflow. Here’s how to get started:

Setting up a new project

To create a new project with Tailwind CSS and Vite, you can use the Vite CLI to initialize a new project. First, make sure you have Node.js and npm installed on your machine.


npm init @vitejs/app my-tailwind-project --template vanilla
cd my-tailwind-project
npm install -D tailwindcss@latest postcss@latest autoprefixer@latest
npx tailwindcss init -p


This will create a new Vite project with Tailwind CSS installed and configured. You can then start the development server with the following command:


npm run dev


Using Tailwind CSS classes

Once the project is set up, you can start using Tailwind CSS classes in your HTML and Vue components. For example, you can apply custom styles to elements using Tailwind utility classes:


<div class="bg-blue-500 text-white p-4">
This is a styled div element
</div>


Additionally, you can use Tailwind’s responsive design classes to create layouts that adapt to different screen sizes:


<div class="md:flex">
This content will be displayed as a flex container on medium-sized screens and larger.
</div>


Building for production

When you’re ready to build your project for production, you can run the following command:


npm run build


This will generate a production-ready build of your project with all CSS and JavaScript assets optimized and minified for performance.

By combining Tailwind CSS with Vite, you can take advantage of a streamlined development experience and create modern, responsive web applications with ease.