Jekyll Tailwind Starter
Starter project for using Jekyll with Tailwind CSS
Overview:
The Jekyll Tailwind Starter is a starter pack that provides a convenient setup for using Jekyll with Tailwind CSS, Autoprefixer, and Purgecss. It offers an efficient way to compile and manage your styles using PostCSS plugins.
Features:
- Jekyll with Tailwind CSS: Combines the power of Jekyll, a popular static site generator, with the utility-first CSS framework, Tailwind CSS.
- Autoprefixer: Automatically adds vendor prefixes to your CSS, ensuring cross-browser compatibility.
- Purgecss: Removes unused CSS, resulting in a smaller file size and better performance.
- PostCSS plugins: Supports the integration of other PostCSS plugins by easily installing and adding them to your postcss.config.js file.
- Deployment on Netlify: Tested and compatible with Netlify, a popular platform for hosting and deploying static websites.
Summary:
The Jekyll Tailwind Starter is a convenient and efficient solution for using Jekyll with Tailwind CSS. With its integration of Autoprefixer and Purgecss, it provides improved performance and compatibility. The support for other PostCSS plugins allows for easy customization and further enhancement of the development workflow. It has been tested on Netlify, making it a reliable option for deployment.
- Tailwind
Tailwind CSS is a utility-first CSS framework that provides pre-defined classes for building responsive and customizable user interfaces.
- 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.