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Re: Tailwind CSS v3.0

#4
Having used it pre-release, the JIT compiler is really incredible. It makes Tailwind a sea-change when compared to Bootstrap and the other, similar, CSS toolkits.

Re: Tailwind CSS v3.0

#6
Since I learned to write semantic class names, and to compose using scss or react components, Tailwind feels like it would be a big step back. I get that it would be kind of nice to prototype in, but is anybody here using it for complex apps or UIs?

Re: Tailwind CSS v3.0

#7
For those that don't know, the laundry list of new stuff is probably all enabled by the first item in the list, just-in-time compilation. This means anything they can dream up can be included as a utility class, without bloating the compile time of the 99% of projects that will never use the feature (also without bloating the css package size, but that's not new since shaking out dead classes for prod has been a thing since forever).

Re: Tailwind CSS v3.0

#9

Since I learned to write semantic class names, and to compose using scss or react components, Tailwind feels like it would be a big step back. I get that it would be kind of nice to prototype in, but is anybody here using it for complex apps or UIs?

It's been discussed to death in the past.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22422873

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28004515

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18084013

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26422286

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25332101

From reading the previous threads, large projects are where it (apparently) really shines. Personally I didn't find it useful at all, but obviously YMMV.

Re: Tailwind CSS v3.0

#10

Since I learned to write semantic class names, and to compose using scss or react components, Tailwind feels like it would be a big step back. I get that it would be kind of nice to prototype in, but is anybody here using it for complex apps or UIs?

If you're using components, then it works great. The css is local to each component, and you only have to make changes in a single place. I'm just doing a fairly simple app, but I can see it scaling well to larger projects.
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