Webpack & Tailwind CSS Setup

j45t7 — Sun, 19 Jun 2022 04:00:19 +0000

Step by step Webpack and Tailwind CSS configuration setup.

Create package.json

npm init -y

Create your src folder and add an empty index.js file.

Webpack Setup

Install webpack and loaders

npm install webpack webpack-cli webpack-dev-server postcss-loader css-loader
-D

Create webpack.config.js in the root and update file.

// webpack.config.js

const path = require('path');
const HtmlWebpackPlugin = require('html-webpack-plugin');

module.exports = {
  mode: 'development',
  entry: {
    bundle: path.resolve(__dirname, 'src/index.js'),
  },
  output: {
    path: path.resolve(__dirname, 'dist'),
    filename: '[name][contenthash].js',
    clean: true,
    assetModuleFilename: '[name][ext]',
  },
  module: {
    rules: [
      {
        test: /\.css$/i,
        use: ['style-loader', 'css-loader', 'postcss-loader'],
      },
    ],
  },
  devServer: {
    static: {
      directory: path.resolve(__dirname, 'dist'),
    },
    port: 3000,
    open: true,
    hot: true,
    compress: true,
    historyApiFallback: true,
  }
};

Setup Tailwind CSS

Install Tailwind CSS

npm install -D tailwindcss postcss autoprefixer

npx tailwindcss init

Add Tailwind to your PostCSS configuration:

// postcss.config.js

module.exports = {
  plugins: {
    tailwindcss: {},
    autoprefixer: {},
  }
}

Configure your template paths:

// tailwind.config.js

module.exports = {
  content: ['./dist/*.html'],
  theme: {
    extend: {},
  },
  plugins: [],
}

Add Tailwind directives to your CSS:

// styles.css

@tailwind base;
@tailwind components;
@tailwind utilities;

Start using Tailwind in your HTML:

<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  <link href="/dist/main.css" rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body>
  <h1 class="text-center p-3">
    Webpack with Tailwind CSS
  </h1>
</body>
</html>

Add scripts to package.json:

"scripts": {
    "dev": "webpack serve",
    "build": "webpack"
  },

Running Your App

To build once and create your dist/bundle.js

npm run build

To run your webpack server

num run dev

Now you have Webpack setup with Tailwind CSS!

To see this (and more) in action check:
GITHUB

Sources:
Tailwind CSS
Webpack

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Webpack & Tailwind CSS Setup