Style the Application

Let’s learn about the Tailwind CSS framework so we can style the UI of the application.

We chose to use Tailwind CSS in this course because it’s the most straightforward CSS framework so far. Tailwind CSS has gained popularity recently, becoming a favored framework among front-end developers.

Why Tailwind CSS?

Tailwind CSS is a utility-based framework, which means we won’t find a pre-built dropdown component, but we will find the basic CSS classes that we can use to build a dropdown. These CSS classes give Tailwind CSS compelling flexibility that helps us customize our application while maintaining a small learning curve for new developers who want to build prototypes.

Tailwind CSS features

We’ll use the following boilerplate in this ...