Tailwind CSS is the new ubiquitous frontend framework. It replaces a generation of sites built with Twitter Bootstrap. However, Tailwind CSS is not a UI framework itself but has become synonymous to some degree with the UI components shipped through Tailwind UI (which is a UI framework). Why did Tailwind CSS become so popular? A few hypotheses:
* No context switching from application logic. The tagline on the website reads, “Rapidly build modern websites without ever leaving your HTML.” That’s
Composability might’ve played a role. Yeah, class names are horrendously long, but they serve one purpose - compose traits. The fact that there’s an LSP implementation available that yells at you when you try to introduce ambiguity also helps.
It’s a style attribute done better. Turns out that’s what many need most of the time.
Composability might’ve played a role. Yeah, class names are horrendously long, but they serve one purpose - compose traits. The fact that there’s an LSP implementation available that yells at you when you try to introduce ambiguity also helps.
It’s a style attribute done better. Turns out that’s what many need most of the time.