Tai11s
An Eleventy starter with Tailwind CSS and PurgeCSS
Overview
The 111tyTai11s is a minimal starting point for Eleventy projects. It includes features such as 11ty, Sass/SCSS, Webpack, Babel, light-server, PostCSS, CSSnano, and Autoprefixer. It is a fork of a starter repo originally created by Ian Rose.
Features
- 11ty - Provides a static site generator for generating HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- Sass/SCSS - Allows for the use of Sass/SCSS syntax for writing CSS.
- Webpack - Bundles all the assets and dependencies for the project.
- Babel - Transpiles JavaScript code to be compatible with older browsers.
- light-server - Provides a local development server for quickly previewing changes.
- PostCSS - Allows for transforming CSS with JavaScript plugins.
- CSSnano - Minifies and optimizes the CSS code.
- Autoprefixer - Automatically adds vendor prefixes to CSS properties.
Summary
The 111tyTai11s starter is a minimal and feature-rich starting point for Eleventy projects. It includes popular tools like 11ty, Sass/SCSS, Webpack, Babel, and more, making it easy to get started with static site development. Additionally, it provides a local development server and optimization tools for building the project for production. The starter is a fork of a project created by Ian Rose and includes added features like Tailwind CSS configuration and Purge CSS integration.
- SCSS
SCSS is a preprocessor scripting language that extends the capabilities of CSS by adding features such as variables, nesting, and mixins. It allows developers to write more efficient and maintainable CSS code, and helps to streamline the development process by reducing repetition and increasing reusability.
- Tailwind
Tailwind CSS is a utility-first CSS framework that provides pre-defined classes for building responsive and customizable user interfaces.
- Webpack
Webpack is a popular open-source module bundler for JavaScript applications that bundles and optimizes the code and its dependencies for production-ready deployment. It can also be used to transform other types of assets such as CSS, images, and fonts.