Introduction to Tailwind CSS
Tailwind CSS is a modern broadly featured CSS framework. Any design can be done just applying CSS classes to your HTML code.
All you just need is to add the library url in your program. Here is the CDN link for HTML.
Full featured and including JS.
<script src="https://cdn.tailwindcss.com"></script>Less featured and excluding JS
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/tailwindcss@2.2.19/dist/tailwind.min.css" />Add this tag inside <head></head> and start coding.
Is Tailwind CSS a Language?
No. Tailwind CSS is not a programming language. Rather it is a framework, that means it have a wide collection of building blocks of another language CSS. CSS is a styling language and Tailwind CSS is collection of CSS code block.
Is Tailwind CSS a library or framework?
A framework is a collection of code blocks that provides a structure for developing software applications. A library, on the other hand, is a collection of code blocks that can be used to perform specific tasks.
When you use Tailwind CSS in your program it overwrites your default styling in HTML. That means it gives you a new structure. In that sense Tailwind CSS can be introduced as framework.
What is the Alternative of Tailwind CSS?
Most popular alternatives to Tailwind CSS are:
- Bootstrap
- Bulma
- Materialize
- Foundation by Zurb
- Pure CSS
- Element
- Skeleton
- Metro UI
However Tailwind CSS is one step ahead of others.