Front-End Focus - 🔥 TailwindCSS v4
If you’ve been following the newsletter for awhile, you know that I’m a big fan of TailwindCSS. And I’m not alone. In the 2023 State of CSS survey, Tailwind scored in the very top on both awareness, interest and retention - and with usage that’s been steadily growing for the past several years now over 50%! See the charts for yourself here if you’re curious. I think it’s fair to say that Tailwind has taken the CSS world by storm and is generally considered one of the best CSS frameworks out there. It’s also the go-to for many new, awesome projects like most Vercel templates, ShadCN UI and others. But enough with the sales pitch. If you’ve tried Tailwind, chances are you already like it. And if not, the upcoming v4 release might just sway you to give it a shot very soon. Adam Wathan, the creator of Tailwind, just published a blog post teasing the new features, including an alpha release allowing us to play around with the new goodies already. But if you’re too busy for that, here are the highlights in the order that most excites me:
On top of that, there’s some smaller goodies like built-in support for container queries, new composable variants like If you’re a front-end developer who already works with Tailwind, this should be a super exciting release when it’s ready later this year. And if you haven’t tried Tailwind before, it might be a good idea to start looking into it soon. For me, discovering Tailwind years ago was a massive gamechanger because it actually made styling fun. It just feels like a way better approach for the modern web than other CSS frameworks, helping you implement consistent and great-looking experiences - without worrying about stuff like arbitrarily naming one-off CSS classes, wrestling with default styles from something like Boostrap, or accidentally introducing inconsistent spacings, colors or fonts into your projects. Not to mention the sheer speed of development, which is just unmatched. Today’s sponsorSo you thought I was done trying to convince you of something? Not quite! Because one of my other favourte things about Tailwind is that it kind of forces you to know CSS. Because the abstraction layer is so low, you need to understand the underlying CSS in order to be productive. And to help you do just that, I’ve partnered with Packt Publishing to share one of their great technical books: Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS: Build future-proof responsive websites using the latest HTML5 and CSS techniques. This book goes into great detail on anything you’ll need to know in order to implement slick, modern and responsive websites using the newest CSS features like Grid/Subgrid, CSS Layers, and the many CSS functions available to create the best experiences for your users. It’s a great resource if you’re still in the early stages of your front-end career - but I also think there’s a lot to gain if you’ve been working in the field for a while and you’re looking to level up these fundamental web skills. If any of that sounds like you, the book is available on Amazon here 🔥 That's all for now - thanks for reading! See you in 2 weeks 👋 If you enjoyed today’s newsletter, why not share it with your friends! Either by forwarding this email, or by posting about it on LinkedIn, X or Facebook. You can also simply copy/paste the link mads.fyi/fef on other platforms. It really helps to keep me motivated and let the newsletter grow 🙌 — Mads Brodt |
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