oliverdavies.uk/source/_talks/2018-01-17-taking-flight-with-tailwind-css.md

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title: Taking Flight with Tailwind CSS
summary: An introduction to utility class and component based styling, and how to soar with Tailwind CSS.
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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.

Presented at the [Drupal Bristol](https://www.drupalbristol.org.uk) user group in January 2018.