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Frameworks like Antd, Bootstrap and Material Design have high-level components like buttons, cards, grids, menus and forms to create different components, Tailwind provides a more practical approach by giving you utility classes that can be used to create components similar to these. This approach gives you significantly more creative freedom than other CSS frameworks while still sticking to a design structure that you wouldn’t obtain with pure CSS.[\[Ref\]](https://youtu.be/mr15Xzb1Ook)   Let’s start with creating a[React typescript application with Vite](https://craftsmenltd.com/blog/2022/06/20/vite-might-be-your-next-front-end-bundler/) naming it **tailwind-client**, if you have an existing project start from the **Tailwind Configuration Setup** section.   Tailwind CSS in Action   ## Initial Setup npm create vite@latest tailwind-client — –template react-ts   After creating the react application, install all the dependencies using the following command.   cd tailwind-client npm install   ## Tailwind Configuration Setup Now inside the application folder, we have to install **tailwindcss** along with its corresponding dependencies **postcss** and **autoprefixer** using the following command and later generate both **tailwind.config.js** and **postcss.config.js** configuration files.   npm install -D tailwindcss postcss autoprefixernpx tailwindcss init -p   Now configure the **tailwind.config.js** and **index.css** (in src folder) file in the following way.   **tailwind.config.js** /\*\* @type {import('tailwindcss').Config} \*/ module.exports = {   content: \["./src/\*\*/\*.{js,jsx,ts,tsx}"\],   theme: {     extend: {},   },   plugins: \[\], }; Copy **src/index.css** Append the following lines at the top of the file **index.css** @tailwind base; @tailwind components; @tailwind utilities; Yay!! 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