Setting up Tailwind with svelte is really simple, just install Tailwind and pocstcss-cli:
npm install tailwindcss postcss-cli --save-dev
If you want to remove unused styles, add PurgeCSS as well
npm install @fullhuman/postcss-purgecss
Create your Tailwind config file
./node_modules/.bin/tailwind init tailwind.js
Create a postcss.config.js
file and add this to it
const tailwindcss = require("tailwindcss");
// only needed if you want to purge
const purgecss = require("@fullhuman/postcss-purgecss")({
content: ["./src/**/*.svelte", "./public/**/*.html"],
defaultExtractor: content => content.match(/[A-Za-z0-9-_:/]+/g) || []
});
module.exports = {
plugins: [
tailwindcss("./tailwind.js"),
// only needed if you want to purge
...(process.env.NODE_ENV === "production" ? [purgecss] : [])
]
};
Next, create a CSS file for your Tailwind styles. You have to store in it public folder public/tailwind.css
and add this to it :
@tailwind base;
@tailwind components;
@tailwind utilities;
Update your package.json
with the custom scripts.
build:tailwind is only needed if you want to purge
"scripts": {
"watch:tailwind": "postcss public/tailwind.css -o public/index.css -w",
"build:tailwind": "NODE_ENV=production postcss public/tailwind.css -o public/index.css",
"dev": "run-p start:dev autobuild watch:build",
"build": "npm run build:tailwind && rollup -c",
}
Finally, add a stylesheet link to your public/index.html
file
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css" />
npm install
npm run dev
npm run build