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# What is Tailwind?

Tailwind is a utility-first CSS framework designed for rapid UI development. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.

## Key benefits

- Rapidly build beautiful front-end interfaces using ready-to-go utilty classes.
- Developing in the browser has never been easier. Stop waiting for your build process.
- Drastically reduce the amount of CSS you have to write.
- Implement any design without it feeling like you've used a CSS framework.
- Dynamically generate your own utilities. Tailwind has been designed for customization.
- Generate comparible (if not smaller) CSS files.

## Quick example

<div class="inline-block p-2 pb-4 bg-white border rounded box-shadow text-center">
    <img class="max-w-xs" src="/img/adam.jpg">
    <div class="text-slate-darker mt-2">Adam Wathan</div>
    <div class="text-slate text-sm">Web Developer</div>
</div>

```html
<div class="inline-block p-2 pb-4 bg-white border rounded box-shadow text-center">
    <img class="max-w-xs" src="/img/adam.jpg">
    <div class="text-slate-darker mt-2">Adam Wathan</div>
    <div class="text-slate text-sm">Web Developer</div>
</div>
```

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# What is Tailwind?

- Utility-first (explain what this means)
    + Talk about problems with premature abstraction in CSS
- Powered by PostCSS, use any preprocessor
- Responsive as h*ck
- For building custom UIs
    + Doesn't have a "look"
    + Doesn't come with opinions you have to fight to undo

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