Advantages of Tailwind over Vanilla CSS
Rapid Development
One of the biggest advantages of using Tailwind CSS is the speed at which you can create a custom design. Instead of writing CSS styles from scratch, you can simply apply pre-defined classes to your HTML elements.
What's even more? If you use an IDE like VS Code, you get awesome intellisense which makes writing CSS blazing fast.
Mobile-first Approach
Tailwind CSS is built with a mobile-first approach, which means that it’s designed to be responsive and easily adaptable to different screen sizes.
Customizable
Tailwind CSS is highly customizable, allowing developers to tweak and adjust the styles to fit their specific needs. You can also create your custom styles and apply them to your HTML elements.
Minimal CSS
Tailwind CSS is a minimal CSS framework, meaning it provides only the essential styles needed to create a modern user interface. This reduces the overall size of your CSS files, which can lead to faster loading times and improved performance.
Flexibility
Tailwind CSS provides a wide range of utility classes that can be used to style any HTML element. You can also combine multiple classes to create more complex styles.
Responsive Design
Tailwind CSS provides a set of responsive utility classes that make it easy to create responsive layouts. For example, you can use the
sm:flex
class to make an element display as a flex container on small screens.Large Community
Tailwind CSS has a large and active community of developers who contribute to the project and provide support through forums, documentation, and tutorials.
Accessibility
Tailwind CSS provides utility classes that can be used to create accessible user interfaces. For example, you can use the
sr-only
class to hide an element visually but keep it accessible to screen readers.