May 11, 2018

Adam Wathan on Tailwind CSS

Episode 20 // The EmberMap Podcast


Adam joins Sam and Ryan to talk about coupling in HTML and CSS, different approaches to styling applications, and his popular open-source library Tailwind CSS.

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Topics covered:

  • 0:00 – Adam's motivation for creating Tailwind
  • 3:20 – Reusability in CSS
  • 8:20 – Semantics and coupling in HTML and CSS
  • 16:05 – Messy templates in functional CSS
  • 20:52 – CSS patterns in server-rendered apps
  • 24:45 – Component classes in Tailwind
  • 31:20 – CSS patterns in SPAs
  • 39:31 – Experimental design tools
  • 46:00 – What's next for Tailwind

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