Tailwind CSS — Guides, Patterns & Conversion Tools
Tailwind CSS has become the dominant CSS framework for new projects in 2024–2025. Its utility-first approach eliminates the naming problem in CSS, collocates styles with markup, and produces smaller production CSS bundles. But adopting Tailwind — especially on an existing codebase — requires understanding its constraints and patterns.
This category covers Tailwind CSS in practice, including how to convert legacy CSS to Tailwind utility classes using the JS2TS CSS-to-Tailwind converter.
Topics Covered
- Core concepts — Utility classes, responsive variants, state variants (
hover:,focus:,dark:) - Component extraction — When to use
@applyand when to keep utility classes inline - Tailwind config — Extending the theme, custom colours, spacing, and typography
- CSS to Tailwind migration — Converting existing stylesheets to utility classes without breaking layouts
- Dark mode — Class-based and media-based dark mode patterns
- Integration — Tailwind with React, Next.js, Vite, and PostCSS pipelines
Browse the articles below or try the CSS to Tailwind converter — paste any CSS and get equivalent Tailwind classes instantly.
