How to use tailwindcss in a Remix application?

To use Tailwind CSS in Remix, follow these steps:

  1. To install Tailwind CSS and its dependencies, run the following command in the root directory of the Remix project.
npm install tailwindcss postcss-cli autoprefixer
  1. Configuration file for PostCSS.
module.exports = {
  plugins: [
    require('tailwindcss'),
    require('autoprefixer'),
  ],
};
  1. The configuration file for Tailwind CSS is named tailwind.config.js.
module.exports = {
  purge: [],
  theme: {
    extend: {},
  },
  variants: {},
  plugins: [],
};
  1. the CSS file
@import 'tailwindcss/base';
@import 'tailwindcss/components';
@import 'tailwindcss/utilities';
  1. Use the CSS file that was just created on the Remix page.
import '../styles.css';
  1. You can now use Tailwind CSS classes for styling in Remix projects. For example, using Tailwind CSS classes in a React component.
import React from 'react';

const MyComponent = () => {
  return (
    <div className="container mx-auto">
      <h1 className="text-xl font-bold text-blue-500">Hello, Tailwind CSS!</h1>
    </div>
  );
};

export default MyComponent;

This way you can use Tailwind CSS in your Remix project. Make sure to run the following command before building the project to generate the final CSS file:

npx tailwindcss build styles.css -o output.css

Then, you can include the generated output.css file in your project.

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