What are common best practices for organizing Tailwind CSS utilities in large projects?
The question is about Tailwind CSS
Large projects require keeping good organization with Tailwind CSS utilities. Most people’s convention is to add Tailwind’s ‘@apply’ directive in the components or custom CSS files to wrap highly used utility classes into reusable styles. Tailwind utility classes can be divided into two kinds, one is structure and layout classes like ‘flex’, ‘grid’, ‘m-‘, and ‘p-‘, and styling classes like color and typography for better readability. The naming convention could allow distinguishing between global utility classes and component-specific styles, whereas configuration and theme customization in one file, like ‘tailwind.config.js’ keeps consistency across the project. Furthermore, using Tailwind together with either a utility-first naming convention or even component-based frameworks like React or Vue is the best way to maintain and reuse classes efficiently, especially in complex interfaces.