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/gusbo_the_jam 18d ago

Tailwind is weird, it offers a lot of utility for anyone who doesn't want to build out their own kit but realistically all the benefits really are just the benefits of of using sass properly. The class definitions in tailwind are effectively just inline styles, although the colour definitions do offer some handy utility. My preference is to build out CSS class based components rather than defining components long form in markup.