strapi-bookmark-api VS Tailwind CSS

Backend

First of, I got to point out, I love Next.js. It's my go to framework whenever I start a new web project, no other JS framework allows you to build something beautiful that quickly. But quickly is exactly the issue. If you want to build something quickly it's going to come with some trade offs. If you are working with Next.js, when starting a project you'll probably start with some boilerplate or a template, seems like industries are popping up around Next.js boilerplates nowadays. Next (.js), you'll probably use Tailwind CSS and some component library, most probably shadcn/ui. All of these solutions are great, but, as more developers gravitate towards these ready-made components, the individuality of websites diminishes, leading to a sea of sites that look and feel the same. Something like shadcn/ui is completely customizable, but if you want to finish a website quickly, you probably won't spent that much time on customization, if you are not working strictly by design.

First of all, as the codebase was quite old and as I didn't want to bring more tech than what was required, I started to migrate my few React components on Gatsby from StyledComponent (a great CSS-in-JS solution) to Tailwind CSS. Mostly because I wanted to see if I could measure the impact of moving from CSS-in-JS to pure CSS. The second goal was to allow Astro to run without client-side JS. To do so, I either needed to set up StyledComponent in Astro or migrate to Tailwind. Tailwind is documented and largely used on most projects now, and I was curious about the performance impact.

With Tailwind CSS, you can create unique designs without ever leaving your HTML thanks to its utility-first CSS framework, which offers low-level utility classes.

Let us now start creating our dashboard, that we will continue building on in this series. The dashboard is a react app created with create-react-app. For styling we will use Tailwind CSS.

Creating a clone of the YouTube homepage can be both enjoyable and helpful for enhancing your front-end development skills. This project offers a chance to work on a familiar design while getting practical experience with commonly used tools like Tailwind CSS and React.js. It also helps you understand how modern web applications are structured and styled.

Tailwind is a CSS framework that prioritizes utility.

styling - Nuxt UI and Tailwind CSS

I prepared a list of open-source badge components coded with Tailwind CSS and Material Tailwind.

I won't take credit for the re-design though. If you're using the Tailwind CSS Library you should checkout Tailwind UI. It's helped me scaffold a few components and pages quite easily, without having a designer onboard.

Tailwind CSS (tailwindcss.com)