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Setting up Next.js with Tailwind

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I've started to use Tailwind with my personal projects as a replacement for Vanilla Extract, and I've found myself copying my tailwind settings/setup across a few different projects as I'm refreshing their setups.

Since I often need to jump back into the Tailwind docs and find their Next.js setup instructions I figured I'd share my settings here (some of which might be opinionated), which should make it easier to run this process in different projects.

1. Install Dependencies:

yarn add tailwindcss postcss autoprefixer daisyui @ds-pack/daisyui

2. Setup Tailwind Config:

Create the following tailwind.config.js file:

let path =
require
(
"
path
"
);
module.exports = {
content: [
"./app/**/*.tsx",
"./lib/**/*.tsx",
"./ui/**/*.tsx",
path.join(path.dirname(require.resolve("@ds-pack/daisyui")), "/**/*.js"),
],
plugins: [require("@tailwindcss/typography"), require("daisyui")],
daisyui: {
logs: false,
},
};

3. Run the Tailwind Setup Script:

yarn dlx tailwindcss init -p

4. Configre Base Styles

Create a new globals.css file within the styles/ directory with the below content:

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

and then import that in your root layout.tsx file:

import "@styles/globals.css";

All Done!

With the above, the application should be setup with Tailwind, Daisyui, and @ds-pack/daisyui. I'll update my opinionated Next.js setup blog post with these details soon also!

Tags:

Web DevelopmentNext.jsTailwind

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