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Tailwind CSS · module 7 of 9

Configuration & Design Tokens

Set up Tailwind properly, define reusable color/type/spacing tokens, and connect utilities to a coherent product theme.

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5 steps · Tailwind CSS

  1. Step 1. Lesson: Configuration & Design Tokens

    Set up Tailwind properly, define reusable color/type/spacing tokens, and connect utilities to a coherent product theme. Learning objectives - Recognize when configuration & design tokens is the right tool. - Explain the role of theme, color, spacing. - Build a small working example before combining it with a larger interface. - Identify one accessibility, maintainability, or error-handling improvement. Read the example, predict what it will do, then complete the small change described in the check question.

    Set up Tailwind properly, define reusable color/type/spacing tokens, and connect utilities to a coherent product theme. In HTML + CSS, make the state/interaction visible in the UI so completion is easy to verify.

    Check yourself: [HTML + CSS] Use the example to demonstrate configuration & design tokens.

  2. Step 2. Quiz: Configuration & Design Tokens

    Check your understanding of Configuration & Design Tokens.

    Tokens give repeated product decisions one shared source of truth. In HTML + CSS, make the state/interaction visible in the UI so completion is easy to verify.

    Check yourself: [HTML + CSS] Complete the knowledge check.

  3. Step 3. Exercise: Configuration & Design Tokens

    Translate a small design specification into named color, typography, radius, shadow, and spacing tokens.

    This exercise turns the Configuration & Design Tokens lesson into a working code change. In HTML + CSS, make the state/interaction visible in the UI so completion is easy to verify.

    Check yourself: [HTML + CSS] Does the solution use theme and color and spacing?

  4. Step 4. Review lab: Explain & improve Configuration & Design Tokens

    Rebuild the exercise without copying the solution. Then improve it in two ways: make the code easier to understand and add one useful edge case, responsive behavior, accessibility improvement, or error state. Finally, write a short explanation of how theme, color, spacing work together.

    Rebuilding from memory and improving an edge case turns recognition into durable skill. In HTML + CSS, make the state/interaction visible in the UI so completion is easy to verify.

    Check yourself: [HTML + CSS] Does the improved version still use theme, color, spacing clearly?

  5. Step 5. Mini project: Configuration & Design Tokens

    Create a reusable iDevMeet-style theme with documented tokens and examples for both light and dark surfaces.

    The mini project combines the module lesson, quiz, and exercise into one portfolio-ready result. In HTML + CSS, make the state/interaction visible in the UI so completion is easy to verify.

    Check yourself: [HTML + CSS] Does the project apply the module's configuration & design tokens skills?

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