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Setup a Next.js 13 project with Eslint + Prettier with automatic tailwind class sorting

Setup Next.js 13 project with Eslint + Prettier

  1. Create a fresh new Next js project. https://nextjs.org/docs/getting-started#automatic-setup

    pnpm create next-app --typescript 
    
  2. install prettier

    pnpm add -D prettier
    
  3. Use eslint-config-prettier to setup prettier and eslint without conflicts https://nextjs.org/docs/getting-started#automatic-setup

    pnpm add -D eslint-config-prettier
    
  4. Then, add prettier to your existing ESLint config

    {
      "extends": ["next", "prettier"]
    }
    
  5. Install TailwindCSS on your Next.js project https://tailwindcss.com/docs/guides/nextjs

    1. Install Tailwind CSS
      pnpm add -D tailwindcss postcss autoprefixer
      
    2. Run the init command to generate both tailwind.config.js and postcss.config.js
      pnpm tailwindcss init -p
      
    3. Add the paths to all of your template files in your tailwind.config.js file.
      /** @type {import('tailwindcss').Config} */
      module.exports = {
        content: [
          "./app/**/*.{js,ts,jsx,tsx}",
          "./pages/**/*.{js,ts,jsx,tsx}",
          "./components/**/*.{js,ts,jsx,tsx}",
      
          // Or if using `src` directory:
          "./src/**/*.{js,ts,jsx,tsx}",
        ],
        theme: {
          extend: {},
        },
        plugins: [],
      }
      
    4. Add the @tailwind directives for each Tailwind’s layers to your globals.css file.
      @tailwind base;
      @tailwind components;
      @tailwind utilities;
      
  6. To automatically sort tailwind classes with prettier https://github.com/tailwindlabs/prettier-plugin-tailwindcss#installation

    pnpm add -D prettier-plugin-tailwindcss
    
  7. Create a .prettierrc.json file in your root directory

    touch .prettierrc.json
    
  8. Add the installed plugin to your .prettierrc.json config file

    {
      "trailingComma": "es5",
      "semi": true,
      "tabWidth": 2,
      "singleQuote": true,
      "jsxSingleQuote": true,
      "plugins": ["prettier-plugin-tailwindcss"]
    
    }
    
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vd89 commented Nov 2, 2023

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Thanks

@MauricioKruijer

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thanks!

@kayotimoteo

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I confess that it was difficult to come back here after you changed your nickname haha

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nivethan-me commented Nov 26, 2023

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I confess that it was difficult to come back here after you changed your nickname haha

Apologies for the confusion caused by my username change! consider starring the gist, then you can easily access it through your starred list for example - https://gist.github.com/kayotimoteo/starred

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