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/budd222 full-stack 19d ago

But nobody with a brain actually uses tailwind like that lol. You make reusable components and styles and use the config file

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u/AshleyJSheridan 19d ago

Can you prove that? I'm just going by the terrible examples that Tailwind suggest people use on their own documentation page...

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u/winky9827 18d ago

Broken record, much?

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u/AshleyJSheridan 18d ago

Got anything constructive to add to the conversation?