Join us on Tuesday 13th January at 6pm for GDG Douglas @ Code Club, where we'll be joined by Clarisse Timponi Ceotto who will be presenting Tailwind CSS: A surprisingly friendly framework.

Come along to learn more about styling web applications, catch up with fellow developers and tech enthusiasts, and share drinks and pizza!

Look forward to seeing you there!

Tailwind CSS: A surprisingly friendly framework

CSS has come a long way, from big stylesheet files and naming conventions to fully component-driven UI frameworks like Bootstrap. In this talk, we’ll take a short journey through how we’ve traditionally styled web applications, the problems we tried to solve along the way, and why those solutions often came with trade-offs.

We’ll then dive into Tailwind CSS and explore how its utility-first approach challenges many long-held assumptions about “clean” CSS. By comparing Tailwind directly with frameworks like Bootstrap, we’ll look at its flexibility and developer experience.

This session isn’t a sales pitch, it’s an honest account by a junior developer of scepticism, experimentation, and genuine pleasant surprise at how a different way of thinking about CSS can simplify development rather than complicate it. Whether you’re firmly in the “semantic CSS” camp or just curious about the hype, you’ll leave with a clearer understanding of when Tailwind makes sense and why it might change how you build interfaces.