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Vite.js, Sevelte.js, and Windi CSS: The Perfect Combo for My Web Dev

Why

Vite is fast.

Svelte is elegant.

Windi CSS is easier to install than Tailwind on Vite-Svelte.
And you should read this before you choose: https://github.com/windicss/windicss/discussions/176

Preparation

I strongly recommend pnpm as it is much faster and saves spaces on disks. If you haven't installed it, run:

npm i -g pnpm
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Get started

First, create new vite project using:

pnpm create vite
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Then choose svelte in the interactive CLI dialog.

Then:

cd projectFolder
pnpm i
pnpm i -D vite-plugin-windicss windicss
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Then in vite.config.js:

import { defineConfig } from 'vite'
import { svelte } from '@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte'
import WindiCSS from 'vite-plugin-windicss'

// https://vitejs.dev/config/
export default {
  plugins: [
    WindiCSS(),
    svelte()
  ],
}
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In main.js:

import 'virtual:windi.css'
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Done!

pnpm dev
pnpm build
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