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Teatime Starter

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An Eleventy starter project using Tailwind CSS and Alpine.js that deploys to Netlify

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Overview

The TEAtime Starter Project offers an exciting opportunity for anyone looking to create a low-code website without breaking the bank. With a straightforward approach, this guide claims that you can build and host your desired website in just one day. It caters to both beginners and seasoned developers who want to streamline their workflow and enhance their web development skills.

By leveraging the power of modern technologies like Tailwind CSS and Eleventy, this project not only simplifies the building process but also ensures that your website is optimized for performance and SEO. Whether you're a hobbyist or a small business owner, the TEAtime Starter Project presents a compelling way to bring your online presence to life.

Features

  • Tailwind CSS Integration: Utilizes Tailwind CSS with configuration and optimization to give your site a modern look and feel, while also allowing the use of ‘vanilla’ CSS.

  • Flexible Eleventy Framework: Employs Eleventy for a fast, customizable static site generator with support for plugins, filters, and shortcodes.

  • Alpine.js Interaction: Incorporates Alpine.js for reactive features and basic animations, with an option for ‘vanilla’ JavaScript use.

  • Dynamic Nunjucks Templates: Allows the use of Nunjucks templates for more organized and manageable site layouts.

  • Markdown Support: Utilizes Markdown for easy content creation and includes support for custom attributes.

  • SEO-Friendly Setup: Implements basic SEO practices including HTML tags with Front Matter, ensuring better visibility on search engines.

  • Analytics Integration: Provides quick setup for Google Analytics and Facebook Pixel to track visitor engagement.

  • Performance Optimization: Features tools such as PostCSS, cssnano, and html-minifier for ensuring a lightweight and fast-loading website.

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Tailwind

Tailwind CSS is a utility-first CSS framework that provides pre-defined classes for building responsive and customizable user interfaces.

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Alpine.js

Alpine.js is a lightweight JavaScript framework that simplifies the process of creating dynamic, reactive user interfaces on the web. It uses a declarative syntax that offers a higher level of abstraction compared to vanilla JavaScript, while being more performant and easier to use than jQuery.

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Postcss

PostCSS is a popular open-source tool that enables web developers to transform CSS styles with JavaScript plugins. It allows for efficient processing of CSS styles, from applying vendor prefixes to improving browser compatibility, ultimately resulting in cleaner, faster, and more maintainable code.