Tailwindcss with Parcel

Setting up Tailwind CSS in a Parcel project

mkdir tailwindcss-parcel-setup-example
tailwindcss-parcel-setup-example
yarn add -D parcel
mkdir src
touch src/index.html

Install TailwindCSS

yarn add -D tailwindcss postcss
npx tailwindcss init

Configure PostCSS

{
    "plugins": {
        "tailwindcss": {}
    }
}

Configure template paths

module.exports = {
    content: [
        "./src/**/*.{html,js,ts,jsx,tsx}",
    ],
    theme: {
        extend: {}
    },
    plugins: [],
}

Add the tailwindcss directives to your CSS

@tailwind base;
@tailwind components;
@tailwind utilities;

Start your build process

npx parcel src/index.html

Start using Tailwind in your project

<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  <link href="./index.css" rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body>
  <h1 class="text-3xl font-bold underline">
    Hello world!
  </h1>
</body>
</html>