Nashville PHP Meetup: 2021-02-09. Taking Flight with Tailwind CSS with Oliver Davies
Channel: Nashville PHP
Date: 08/04/2021

Join us this month for a virtual presentation from across the pond by Oliver Davies!

## Taking Flight with Tailwind CSS

An introduction to utility class and component based styling, and how to soar with Tailwind CSS.

Things we’ll cover:

* Advantages and disadvantages to utility based styling and Tailwind.
* How to install Tailwind and add it to your build process using tools such as Symfony Encore and Laravel Mix.
* How to configure and customise Tailwind for your project.
* How to promote repeating classes into re-usable components for better maintainability.
* Strategies to control the file size, and using external tools like PurgeCSS.

Also, if time allows:

* How to extend Tailwind and add extra classes with community written plugins.
* How to write and test your own custom plugins.

## About the speaker

Oliver Davies has been building websites since 2007, and speaking at meetups and conferences since 2012. He is a Full Stack Developer and an Acquia certified Drupal Grand Master, who also has experience developing with Symfony, Laravel, Sculpin and Vue.js, as well as with DevOps and systems administration.

He is a Senior Software Engineer at Inviqa, a Drupal core contributor and mentor, and an open source and contribution advocate.

He regularly blogs and gives talks on various topics, maintains and contributes to various open source projects, and organises the PHP South Wales user group.

You can find Oliver on the web at https://www.oliverdavies.uk and on Twitter at https://twitter.com/opdavies.

## About Nashville PHP

Nashville PHP is a community of PHP and Web developers serving the metro Nashville and Middle Tennessee areas. Everyone is welcome, no matter your skill level. Come learn with us!