# CSS and TailwindCSS Approaches to Styling Websites in 2024

DevFeed: [CSS and TailwindCSS Approaches to Styling Websites in 2024](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/styling-in-2024-34908.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://frontendfocus.substack.com/p/styling-in-2024>)

Author: Mads Brodt

Published: 2023-12-27T16:00:42Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Front-End Focus](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/front-end-focus.md>)

Topics: [CSS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/css.md>), [Front end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/frontend.md>), [Tailwind CSS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tailwind.md>), [Web Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-development.md>), [Sass](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sass.md>), [Less](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/less.md>), [browsers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/browsers.md>), [Design system](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/design-system.md>)

Tags: [2017](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/2017.md>), [browsers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/browsers.md>), [css](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/css.md>), [design-system](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/design-system.md>), [flexbox](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/flexbox.md>), [front-end](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/front-end.md>), [less](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/less.md>), [sass](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sass.md>), [tailwind](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tailwind.md>)

## AI overview

This opinion article examines approaches to styling websites in 2024. It argues that vanilla CSS has become more capable through features such as custom properties, CSS Grid, and CSS nesting, while TailwindCSS remains popular for reducing style conflicts and discouraging arbitrary values. The article also emphasizes that TailwindCSS still requires knowledge of underlying CSS concepts such as Flexbox, Grid, and the box model.

## Source excerpt

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