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Tailwind CSS vs Web Components: What are the differences?
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1. Styling Approach: Tailwind CSS is a utility-first CSS framework that provides pre-built classes for styling, allowing developers to quickly apply styles to elements without writing custom CSS. In contrast, Web Components focus on encapsulating markup, styling, and behavior into reusable custom elements, promoting a component-based approach to web development.
Dependency Management: Tailwind CSS can be easily integrated into a project by adding a CSS file or using a PostCSS plugin, making it simpler to start styling components. Web Components, on the other hand, require understanding and implementing the Web Components API, potentially leading to a steeper learning curve for developers.
Browser Support: Web Components have broader support across browsers as they are based on W3C standards like Custom Elements and Shadow DOM, ensuring consistency in behavior across different platforms. Tailwind CSS, while widely adopted in modern projects, may require additional polyfills or workarounds for older browsers that do not fully support CSS Grid or Flexbox.
Scoped Styles: Web Components enable scoped styles by encapsulating CSS within the component's Shadow DOM, preventing style leakage and conflicts with external stylesheets. In contrast, Tailwind CSS applies global styles through utility classes, which may require more effort to achieve scoped styling or isolate component styles effectively.
Tooling and Integration: Tailwind CSS comes with a built-in CLI for configuration and customization, along with extensive plugin support for build tools like Webpack. Web Components can be integrated into frameworks like Angular, React, or Vue, offering flexibility in choosing the best tooling for a specific project requirement.
Reusability and Composition: Web Components promote reusability and composition by allowing developers to combine different custom elements to create complex interfaces, facilitating modularity and code maintenance. Tailwind CSS focuses on providing a consistent design system through utility classes, encouraging a more straightforward approach to styling without the need for complex component structures.
In Summary, Tailwind CSS simplifies styling with utility classes while Web Components promote encapsulation and reusability through custom elements, catering to different aspects of web development.
I am planning to redesign my entire application, which is currently in Bootstrap. I heard about Tailwind CSS, and I think its really cool to work with. Is it okay if I use Bootstrap and Tailwind together? I can't remove Bootstrap altogether, as my application is using the js dependencies of Bootstrap, which I don't want to disturb.
Factually talking about systems, we gotta make two bold headlines about each one: Bootstrap has been around for a while, has a vast community and much probably will not be gone in a while. Tailwind in the other hand, is the trendy framework starting from the past year. Referring to UI, I really prefer Tailwind, however I can't ignore the fact that a lot of libraries that emerged felt short in the end after a few years (a point where Bootstrap kept his status).
You are able to use both them together but I advise you — it will be a mess. And you gotta hope that you won't have any kind of conflicts between class naming and other general styling.
My recommendation would be to use one and only one. Perhaps rebuild the UI with a specific framework in mind, otherwise you will start to workaround things of both frameworks to contradict each other - and your team (if you work with one) will hate you.
You might have heard about bootstrap 5. Bootstrap is now totally jQuery free. i have tried foundation and bulma too. but eventually fall again for bootstrap, as it is most convenient and stable. i use bootstrap with less or sass.
I use both of these regularly. If you're going to have to use Bootstrap due to your js dependencies, stick with Bootstrap. I actually prefer Tailwind, but trying to use both of them and make them "play nice" feels like making things more complex with no real benefit.
EDIT: Sorry for the late response, I just noticed how old this is. StackShare sent me this in an email for some reason so I assumed it was relatively fresh.
We are re-modifying the existing portal to the new one. Looking out for a CSS framework where over-rides are possible, the performance of page loading, extendable, etc Please suggest between tailwind, UIkit and bootstrap frameworks explaining in detail on different factors. I request your help on the same.
Hey Sai, My thoughts on UIkit - It's beautiful, fast, and it has good animation too. Why would I choose it ? Nothing other than giving the internet a new look .
My thoughts on Bootstrap - it's beautiful, if used well. It's very fast and has clean class naming convention unlike Uikit. Why I would choose it ? It's been tested and trusted, I can find a whole lot of resources and a community around it. Also with the type of project you working on I bet Bootstrap would do the job .
Now, considering Tailwind, it's seen as a classic, simple-to-set-up tool with clean utilities. I wouldn't think of tailwind the way I would to Bootstrap or UIkit. What do I mean ? Tailwind is more like a tool set to create your own design flow. Tailwind allows you to build unique design elements, offering you a level of customization that may be unmatched by the other frameworks.
My final thoughts.
If you have the time , setup and use tailwind it will give you a great chance when it comes to customization and performance.
I'm a big proponent of Tailwind and I personally use it whenever I get the chance, mostly because it's not really a UI-kit, but it sounds like in this case a UI-kit like Bootstrap with pre-defined components is more what you are looking for. Bootstrap is (relatively) extendable and overridable and makes it really simple to make a decent looking UI using a handful of pre-defined classes, whereas with Tailwind you configure the classes and create your own components. My main reason for replacing Bootstrap in my workflow is that it feels like the component creation has become so abstracted from the developer that any meaningful customization becomes a chore, resulting in many websites having the generic "Bootstrap-look". Nonetheless, it is effective for creating a pleasant and responsive UI. Though, I don't have any experience with UIkit.
I do prefer to write things from scratch however when it came to wanting to jump-start the frontend, I found that it was taking me a lot longer hence why needing to use something very fast.
Bootstrap was the boom when it came out, I didn't like it, to be honest, set in its way and a pain to over-ride and in addition, you can tell from a distance if you're using boostrap and as everything looks the same.
I came across Tailwind CSS as I wanted more dynamic features, you could say, I've been now doing it for a few days and I love it a lot. I've been practising with the full stack part installed but I an't we wait until I do a new project, and I'll e able to select exactly what I want. Much faster.
Pros of Tailwind CSS
- Highly customizable44
- Quick setup33
- Utility first styles, its amazing30
- Versatile24
- Great docs23
- Customizable16
- Fast16
- Consistent15
- Very light11
- Semantic11
- Open source11
- Responsive9
- Easy Tree shaking with Tailwind CLI1
Pros of Web Components
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Cons of Tailwind CSS
- Priced14
- Cluttered html structure5