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> And for those that prefer a different editor?

A plugin is likely available for that, too.

I use PHPStorm a lot; https://www.jetbrains.com/help/phpstorm/tailwind-css.html

Panic's Nova? https://extensions.panic.com/extensions/jasonplatts/jasonpla...

Vim? https://vimawesome.com/plugin/coc-tailwindcss

etc.

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If I made a hammer but you need a special glove to use it proficiently, then I didn’t make a very good hammer

Someone who uses a hammer all day may very well decide to use gloves - you'll see a lot of them on construction sites - and they'll probably also opt for a hard hat and safety glasses. Consider these their plugins.

I don't think that analogy holds. If my special hammer let's you go 10x as fast as a regular one, but you need to wear special gloves because otherwise it'll cause blisters, I think I still made a good hammer, just wear the gloves!

As opposed to all those other programming languages/libraries/frameworks for which noone ever benefits by installing a plugin for their editor.

You mean like welding gloves?

Missed the underlying point but I'll make it explicit - if a plugin is "needed" that is also a red flag for me.

I suspect the number of developers with zero plugins in their IDE of choice is vanishingly small.

That said, it's not needed. It's just a quality-of-life improvement, like most other IDE features. You can write a Tailwind site in Notepad, if you prefer.

Oh for sure, and devs should do what is needed to be more efficient and to make their development enjoyable. The poster I was responding to said "you have to install the vscode plugin" to enjoy using Tailwinds. So that's the specific part I was responding to.

I should have said intellisense. Without getting suggestions you do have to go to the docs a lot in the beginning and it is frustrating, but with intellisense I found myself proficient in a couple days and I was among those that din't give an opportunity to tailwind for years. I really wasted time, it works great

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