Integrating TailwindCSS Into Your Docusaurus 2.0 Project

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What is Docusaurus ?

Docusaurus is a static site generator for documentation. It is built with React and helps you create a website for your project's documentation that is easy to navigate and search. Some of the features it provides include automatic table of contents, versioning, search, and translation support. It can be used to create documentation for software libraries, APIs, and other technical documentation. Docusaurus is particularly useful for open-source projects, as it allows for easy contribution and maintenance of documentation.

Docusaurus Overview:

Docusaurus is a tool that allows developers to easily create and maintain a documentation website for their project. It is built with React, a JavaScript library for building user interfaces, and uses Markdown for writing content.

Some of the key features of Docusaurus include:

• - Automatic table of contents
• - Versioning support, so that users can view documentation for different versions of the project
• - Search functionality, to help users quickly find what they are looking for
• - Translation support, so that documentation can be translated into multiple languages
• - Easy contribution, Docusaurus provides a way for anyone to contribute to the documentation via pull requests.

Docusaurus is commonly used for documentation of open-source software libraries, APIs, and other technical documentation. It is also a good fit for documentation for any kind of software, that can be hosted on a static web server and it is easy to set up and customize.

Setup New Project With Docusaurus:

To set up a new Docusaurus project, you will need to have Node.js and Yarn (or npm) installed on your machine. Here are the general steps to set up a new Docusaurus project:

1 - Create a new directory for your project and navigate to it in your terminal.

2 - Run the command yarn create docusaurus-project <project-name> or npx @docusaurus/init@latest init <project-name> to create a new Docusaurus project. Replace <project-name> with the name you want to give to your project.

3 - Once the project is created, navigate into the project directory with cd <project-name>.

4 - Run yarn install or npm install to install the dependencies for the project.

5 - Run yarn start or npm start to start the development server.

6 - Your new Docusaurus project will be running at http://localhost:3000 by default, you can access it by your browser.

- You can now start adding content to your documentation website by editing the Markdown files in the docs directory. Docusaurus also provides a way to customize the look and feel of your documentation website by editing the files in the src directory.

- It is also worth noting that Docusaurus provides a command yarn run build or npm run build to build your project as a static website.

- You can find more detailed instructions on how to set up a new Docusaurus project and customize it in the Docusaurus documentation website.

What Is Tailwind CSS?

Tailwind CSS is a utility-first CSS framework. It is designed to provide a set of pre-defined CSS classes that can be used to quickly style HTML elements without having to write custom CSS.

The framework provides a wide range of classes for styling common layout and design elements, such as margins, padding, text alignment, and more. Instead of having to write custom CSS code to achieve a specific layout or design, you can simply use the appropriate class from Tailwind.

Tailwind CSS is highly customizable, you can customize the default design by editing the config file. You can also use it with other CSS preprocessors like SASS, SCSS, LESS, and also you can use it with any JavaScript framework such as React, Vue, Angular, etc.

One of the main benefits of using Tailwind CSS is that it encourages consistency in design, as developers can use the pre-defined classes rather than creating their own custom styles. It also helps to reduce the amount of CSS code that needs to be written and maintain, making it easier to create and maintain a consistent design across a website or application.

How To Add Tailwind Css To Docusaurus ?

To add Tailwind CSS to a Docusaurus project, you will need to install the Tailwind CSS package and the necessary loaders and plugins for your build tool. Here are the general steps to add Tailwind CSS to a Docusaurus project using Create Docusaurus App (CDA) and webpack:

1. Install the Tailwind CSS package by running the command yarn add -D tailwindcss postcss autoprefixer or npm -D install tailwindcss postcss autoprefixer

2. in your project's root directory.

3. Create a new configuration file for Tailwind CSS by running the command npx tailwind init in your project's root directory. This command will create a new file called tailwind.config.js in your project's root directory.

4. In the tailwind.config.js file, you can customize the default design by editing the config file.

npm install -D tailwindcss postcss autoprefixer
npx tailwindcss init

5. Configure template path:
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6. You can also add DaisyUI the Tailwind CSS Components by running: npm i daisyui 
7. Add DaisyUI Plugin to Tailwind.config.js file:
   
   
   

8 - Add Tailwindcss plugin to docusaurus configuration file docusaurus.config.js

9 - Add the Tailwind directives to your CSS `src/css/custom.css`

10 - Now type in Terminal : npm start or yarn start