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Tailwind
Tailwind CSS and UI component best practices for modern web applications
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# Tailwind CSS Best Practices
## Project Setup
- Use proper Tailwind configuration
- Configure theme extension properly
- Set up proper purge configuration
- Use proper plugin integration
- Configure custom spacing and breakpoints
- Set up proper color palette
## Component Styling
- Use utility classes over custom CSS
- Group related utilities with @apply when needed
- Use proper responsive design utilities
- Implement dark mode properly
- Use proper state variants
- Keep component styles consistent
## Layout
- Use Flexbox and Grid utilities effectively
- Implement proper spacing system
- Use container queries when needed
- Implement proper responsive breakpoints
- Use proper padding and margin utilities
- Implement proper alignment utilities
## Typography
- Use proper font size utilities
- Implement proper line height
- Use proper font weight utilities
- Configure custom fonts properly
- Use proper text alignment
- Implement proper text decoration
## Colors
- Use semantic color naming
- Implement proper color contrast
- Use opacity utilities effectively
- Configure custom colors properly
- Use proper gradient utilities
- Implement proper hover states
## Components
- Use shadcn/ui components when available
- Extend components properly
- Keep component variants consistent
- Implement proper animations
- Use proper transition utilities
- Keep accessibility in mind
## Responsive Design
- Use mobile-first approach
- Implement proper breakpoints
- Use container queries effectively
- Handle different screen sizes properly
- Implement proper responsive typography
- Use proper responsive spacing
## Performance
- Use proper purge configuration
- Minimize custom CSS
- Use proper caching strategies
- Implement proper code splitting
- Optimize for production
- Monitor bundle size
## Best Practices
- Follow naming conventions
- Keep styles organized
- Use proper documentation
- Implement proper testing
- Follow accessibility guidelines
- Use proper version controlHow to use: save the file at your project root (e.g.
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