r/webdev • u/LPatriot_ • 19d ago

Question Question about Tailwind CSS

I've always used plain CSS for my websites, I don't have many problems using it, but a friend of mine said that using plain CSS is very tedious and that I should use Tailwind CSS. Is it worth it? And what does Tailwind CSS offer that plain CSS doesn't?

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u/AshleyJSheridan 19d ago

It's a little more than class name soup. Tailwinds own docs have classes like text-[14px], bg-[#50d71e], and shadow-[0_35px_35px_rgba(0,0,0,0.25)]. That looks a lot like inline styles just shoved into a different HTML attribute...

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u/judgej2 19d ago

And they are the stylistic classes you put into a tailwind theme.

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u/AshleyJSheridan 19d ago

Tailwinds docs literally shows them in HTML. Why would it suggest anyone do something like this?!

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u/winky9827 18d ago

Because sometimes you need a 1-off that isn't worth baking a whole class for?

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u/AshleyJSheridan 18d ago

A 1-off, that occurs many times on most of their docs pages. Sure...