“I thought CSS would always be confusing. This book made it so clear — I built my first landing page in a weekend.”
Master modern web design with Tailwind CSS — no prior CSS knowledge needed.
A beginner-friendly guide that takes you from zero CSS experience to building beautiful, responsive, and professional websites with Tailwind CSS v4. Learn by doing, then finish with a complete personal portfolio you can publish and share.
Learn web design the practical way — Tailwind CSS from scratch
If you've never written a line of CSS, this book is for you. We start at the very beginning with HTML basics and build up in small, confident steps until you can style text, manage spacing, create layouts, and build modern responsive designs.
You'll learn by reading, typing, and testing — no complex setup beyond a free editor, Tailwind Play, and a browser.
You'll practice how to:
- Understand how utility-first CSS works.
- Style text, colors, spacing, and backgrounds with Tailwind utilities.
- Build flexible layouts with Flexbox and Grid.
- Add responsive design for mobile, tablet, and desktop.
- Customize themes with Tailwind's new v4 variables-based system.
- Implement dark mode and accessibility best practices.
- Ship a final project: plan, build, and publish a personal portfolio landing page.
Each chapter ends with exercises and mini-projects to reinforce learning.
Table of contents
See everything you'll learn inside — from your first utility class to a complete portfolio website.
The book is organized into four parts with clear lessons and a hands-on capstone project.
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Part I — Tailwind Basics
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Part II — Styling Fundamentals
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Part III — Layouts & Responsive Design
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Part IV — Advanced Features
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Final Project
Screencasts
Short, focused walkthroughs to cement the fundamentals
Follow along as we install Tailwind with Vite, build your first responsive layout, customize colors, and add dark mode — quick videos that mirror the book's steps. (Included in the Complete package.)
These screencasts are coming soon. Access will be available in a future update.
Resources
Starter files and quick references to move faster
Starter files and quick references to move faster
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Project starter kit
Clean Vite + Tailwind templates plus exercise solutions to compare against.
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Cheat sheets
Tailwind utilities, responsive breakpoints, and dark mode at a glance.
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Mini projects
Practice builds for navbars, cards, dashboards, and more.
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Pricing
Pick your package
Essential
The perfect starting point.
₦ 2500
- The complete ebook (Basics → Responsive Design → Dark Mode & Themes)
- Companion starter files & exercise solutions
- End-of-chapter projects & glossary
Complete
Everything you need to learn faster.
₦ TBD
- Everything in Essential
- Short companion walkthrough videos (4)
- Extra practice projects & checklists
What readers are saying
What readers are saying
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This book broke everything down so clearly. I went from CSS beginner to building a responsive landing page in just two weeks.
Chidinma OkaforProduct Designer -
As a backend developer, CSS always felt intimidating. Tailwind finally makes sense, and this book guided me all the way.
Tunde AlabiSoftware Engineer -
I'd been stuck copying templates. This guide gave me the skills to build custom UIs for my freelance projects.
Grace EtimFreelancer
Author
Faruk Nasir – Hey there, I’m the author of "Tailwind CSS for Absolute Beginners".
I run Starfolk Software, where we build digital products and teach people how to code. I wrote this book to give beginners a clear, no-fluff path to learning Tailwind CSS: start small, practice often, and end with a complete project you can be proud of.