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  1. Installation
  2. Install Tailwind CSS with Parcel

  1. Create your project

    Start by creating a new Parcel project if you don’t have one set up already. The most common approach is to add Parcel as a dev-dependency to your project as outlined in their getting started guide.

    Terminal
    mkdir my-projectcd my-projectnpm init -ynpm install -D parcelmkdir srctouch src/index.html

  2. Install Tailwind CSS

    Install tailwindcss and its peer dependencies via npm, and then run the init command to generate tailwind.config.js.

    Terminal
    npm install -D tailwindcss postcssnpx tailwindcss init

  3. Configure PostCSS

    Create a .postcssrc file in your project root, and enable the tailwindcss plugin.

    .postcssrc
    {
  "plugins": {
    "tailwindcss": {}
  }
}

  4. Configure your template paths

    Add the paths to all of your template files in your tailwind.config.js file.

    tailwind.config.js
    /** @type {import('tailwindcss').Config} */
module.exports = {
  content: [
    "./src/**/*.{html,js,ts,jsx,tsx}",
  ],
  theme: {
    extend: {},
  },
  plugins: [],
}

  5. Add the Tailwind directives to your CSS

    Create a ./src/index.css file and add the @tailwind directives for each of Tailwind’s layers.

    index.css
    @tailwind base;
@tailwind components;
@tailwind utilities;

  6. Start your build process

    Run your build process with npx parcel src/index.html.

    Terminal
    npx parcel src/index.html

  7. Start using Tailwind in your project

    Add your CSS file to the <head> and start using Tailwind’s utility classes to style your content.

    index.html
    <!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  <link href="./index.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body>
  <h1 class="text-3xl font-bold underline">
    Hello world!
  </h1>
</body>
</html>