Exploring Material Tailwind: the best Tailwind CSS component library

David Okolie — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 19:25:51 +0000

While creating a new project for a small project I was working on, I decided to explore simpler ways to do things that could save time on designing the interface of the web-app. While focusing more on the other logic, I came across a component that might have changed the way I see Tailwind CSS forever. After falling in love with Tailwind CSS 2 years ago, I began creating lovely components with it, and my styling became 10x faster. But there was something missing: a component library where you could easily use Tailwind CSS without hassle and manage your codebase easier. I came across this beautiful tailwind component library called Material Tailwind and it was awesome.

Material Tailwind is an easy-to-use component library that uses the power of React and Tailwind CSS to build web projects faster and easier. It works well with NextJs, Gatsby, and Vite, providing a good experience for developers.

Prerequisites/ Things needed

NodeJS
Git bash
Terminal
Tailwind CSS

5. React

Installation guide

Ensure you initialize your React project and add Tailwind CSS to it.
Use the following guides
a. Install React using npx
b. Install using Vite
c. Tailwind installation
Go to the terminal and navigate to your project structure (your React/NextJs app). Also, ensure that you have Tailwind CSS running, as that is one of the dependencies that you will need.

Now let's configure our TailwindCSS tailwind.config.js

Voila you are done!!!!

Key Features of Material Tailwind

Easy customization: Unlike other Tailwind CSS libraries, it offers easy customization in terms of components. It has a lovely organized feeling that makes it distinct.

Stunning Design: coupled with the fact that Material Tailwind has the ability to be customized, it gives developers a modern feel; unlike most other libraries that looked bootstrapped, the beauty of its design is exceptional.
Fast Setup: Though you need TailwindCSS as a major dependency, it is relatively easy to setup; you just need to follow 3 steps to be done.

That's a wrap, don't endeavor to share your thoughts in the comment section

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5 Reasons why you should switch to Linux as a developer

David Okolie — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 13:12:22 +0000

Understanding the basics of Linux is a key skill for every developer and techie as a whole.It is highly debated whether Linux is the best operating system. But it all boils down to personal preference. Of course, some would say, Why would I want to use a shell-based operating system when I can just go directly and use a more beginner-friendly GUI-based application? But hold on, there is a big catch and there are obvious advantages to using it as a developer and a techie.

Let's break it down

1. Security
One of the major advantages that Linux has is its security, not in the sense that you can't get hacked, but the ability to set restrained permissions using your Linux, which gives the user full ownership of the amount of permissions that the user can set. As a techie, security should be one of your mottos, because you won't want a whole company's file dedicated to you to be compromised in any way. And the cool thing about Linux viruses is that they are rare compared to the occurrences on Windows.

2. Easy Collaboration
Here comes the very big one: collaboration. Some people might fight me big time for this but collaboration is easier to accomplish on Linux compared to Windows. Before you go off angry, wait and listen to me. The main reason for this is the open-source nature and vast number of package managers and developers. Also, because of the terminal-based nature of Linux, it is easier to track changes made in your code and easily collaborate with team members.

3. Customisation
After recently installing Arch Linux, I suddenly developed this strong affection for it. The main part of it that caught my attention was the ability to easily customise how everything on the system looks, with nice themes that suit your taste as a person. The exquisite nature of flexibility has made me choose Linux above all other operating systems.

4. High Performance
Here is one of the obvious picks: performance, Linux offers better performance than Windows and possibly the rest, because at least you don't have to deal with annoying system processes that sometimes eat up your processing space, and also the installation

5. Virtualization
The last but definitely one of the greatest of them is the ability to create virtual instances of an operating system on Linux. Learning this puts you ahead in the tech space because most of the new cloud technologies work on the principle of virtualization. For instance, Docker works on this principle.

That's a wrap. Please endeavour to share your Linux experiences in the comment section below.

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Exploring Material Tailwind: the best Tailwind CSS component library

5 Reasons why you should switch to Linux as a developer