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Why shadcn is "not a component library", how the CLI and components.json work, and adding your first components — the moment Tailwind, Radix and cva/cn click into one workflow. With a live component gallery.
Round out a pro setup: the typography plugin for prose, forms for sane inputs, tw-animate for enter/exit motion, and writing your own utilities and variants in v4 with @utility and @custom-variant. With a live plugin showcase.
The moment classes repeat you need components — and the professional toolchain shadcn itself uses: clsx for conditionals, tailwind-merge to resolve conflicts, the cn() helper, and cva for type-safe variants. With a live variant factory.
Style on interaction and context: hover/focus/active/disabled, the group-* and peer-* patterns, and data-[state] styling — the exact mechanism Radix and shadcn rely on. With a live state explorer.
The heart of Tailwind v4: define your own colors, fonts, spacing and radius as design tokens with @theme — each token becomes a utility automatically. Plus the v4 way to do dark mode. With a live token studio.
The utilities you reach for every day: spacing, sizing, typography and color, then the two layout engines — Flexbox and Grid — the Tailwind way, plus the mobile-first responsive system. With a live flex/grid builder.
Start from zero: why utility-first CSS exists, the one idea that makes Tailwind click, and a complete v4 setup with Vite — install, @import, @theme, and your first composed component. With a live playground.