Adam Wathan on Tailwind CSS

Adam joins Sam and Ryan to talk about coupling in HTML and CSS, different approaches to styling applications, and his popular open-source library Tailwind CSS.

Topics covered:

• 0:00 – Adam's motivation for creating Tailwind


• 3:20 – Reusability in CSS


• 8:20 – Semantics and coupling in HTML and CSS


• 16:05 – Messy templates in functional CSS


• 20:52 – CSS patterns in server-rendered apps


• 24:45 – Component classes in Tailwind


• 31:20 – CSS patterns in SPAs


• 39:31 – Experimental design tools


• 46:00 – What's next for Tailwind

Links:

• Tailwind CSS


• Advanced Vue Component Design, Adam's new course


• Modulz, the design tool