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installing-tailwind-css

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"Install tailwindcss and its peer dependencies via npm, and then run the init command to generate both tailwind.config.js and postcss.config.js."

npm install -D tailwindcss postcss autoprefixer

npx tailwindcss init -p

OUTPUTS:

Created Tailwind CSS config file: tailwind.config.js
Created PostCSS config file: postcss.config.js

"Add the paths to all of your template files in your tailwind.config.js file."

module.exports = {
content: [
"./src/**/*.{js,jsx,ts,tsx}",
],
theme: {
extend: {},
},
plugins: [],
}

"Add the @tailwind directives for each of Tailwind’s layers to your ./src/index.css file."

@tailwind base;
@tailwind components;
@tailwind utilities;

"Run your build process with npm run start."

REFERENCES: Install Tailwind CSS with Create React App