Chapter 2: Going Beyond the Basics

As we learned from the chapter, Tailwind CSS is the best known of the utility-first frameworks. It offers a rich collection of CSS class utilities that can be combined like Lego blocks to build any kind of design. Learning the basics of how to use these utilities is also very straightforward.

But this knowledge alone isn’t enough for building complex and flexible designs. After grasping the basics, instead of diving deeper into what can be done with Tailwind, many users decide to use ready-made templates or a copy-paste approach to building their designs. The aim of this chapter is to avoid such a scenario by providing some insights into Tailwind’s more advanced capabilities. We’ll dive a little deeper into ...

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