---
title: Taking Flight with Tailwind CSS
slides:
    url: https://speakerdeck.com/opdavies/taking-flight-with-tailwind-css
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tags: [css, tailwind, meetup]
type: Lightning talk
events:
    - { event: drupal-bristol, date: '2018-01-17' }
meta:
    og:
        title: Taking Flight with Tailwind CSS
        description: An introduction to utility CSS and Tailwind.
        type: website
        image:
            url: '/assets/images/talks/taking-flight-tailwind.png'
            width: 2560
            height: 1440
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---
An introduction to utility class and component based styling, and how to soar with [Tailwind CSS][1].

Things we’ll cover:

- Advantages and disadvantages to utility based styling and Tailwind.
- How to install Tailwind and add it to your build process.
- How to customise Tailwind.
- How to promote repeating classes into re-usable components.

[1]: https://tailwindcss.com