Styling in React

🧠 Styling in React — Overview for Multi-Page Tutorial

You can display each section below as a separate page in your app for learners to explore:

📄 Page 1: Inline Styles

🔍 What It Is:

Inline styles in React are JavaScript objects that apply CSS directly to elements using the style prop.

✅ Syntax:

🔧 Notes:

• CSS property names use camelCase (e.g., backgroundColor)
• Good for quick styling or conditional styles
• Not scalable for large projects

⚠️ Drawbacks:

• No media queries or pseudo-selectors
• Harder to maintain in big apps

📄 Page 2: CSS Modules

🔍 What It Is:

CSS Modules are scoped CSS files that prevent class name conflicts by creating locally scoped styles.

✅ Setup:

• File must be named like: Component.module.css

Example:

🔧 Benefits:

• No class name collisions
• Supports media queries, animations
• Easy to maintain and scale

⚠️ Notes:

• Works out of the box with CRA and Vite
• Not ideal for dynamic theming

📄 Page 3: Styled Components / Emotion

🔍 What It Is:

Styled Components and Emotion are libraries for CSS-in-JS styling — you write styles directly inside JavaScript using template literals.

✅ Styled Components Example:

🔧 Benefits:

• Dynamic styling using props
• Supports themes
• No class name collisions
• Styles are scoped to components

📌 Emotion is similar but more flexible in large codebases.

📄 Page 4: Tailwind CSS

🔍 What It Is:

Tailwind CSS is a utility-first CSS framework with pre-defined classes for rapid UI development.

✅ Setup (Basic):

Add to tailwind.config.js and your CSS file:

✅ Example:

🔧 Benefits:

• Fast development, consistent design
• Responsive and mobile-friendly by default
• No need to write custom CSS

⚠️ Drawbacks:

• Class-heavy markup
• Slight learning curve for beginners

🧠 Summary Table (For Home/Navigation Page)

🔗 Slug Links to Pages (For Navigation)

• /inline-styles — Inline Styles
• /css-modules — CSS Modules
• /styled-components — Styled Components / Emotion
• /tailwind-css — Tailwind CSS

Each of the above can be added as a separate route/page for learners to deep-dive into each method.