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Tailwind CSS v4.0 Beta 1

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159 points creativedg | 1 comments | 22 Nov 24 02:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.206s | source
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kookamamie ◴[22 Nov 24 08:33 UTC] No.42212127[source]▶
Read some of the Getting Started documentation, for fun. First step:

> Installing with Vite

What the hell is Vite? Oh, it seems to be something you need to install via npm.

I cannot help but to ask - why do we require npm, or Vite, for something that looks like it should "help" with CSS?

Why is the webdev such a shitshow, that seems to get ever deeper into its own weird rabbit hole?

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1. zaphodias ◴[22 Nov 24 12:33 UTC] No.42213311[source]▶
While I don't disagree (broadly speaking) with you about the complexity of webdev, it looks like you don't have a full understanding of what Tailwind is:

a (CSS) code generator.

It happens to be written in JS so it can be integrated as part of existing build steps or bundling. That's the rationale behind it. :) It's build-time, not something client-side.