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How to set up Supabase with Tailwind CSS?

Discover an easy way to set up Supabase with Tailwind CSS. Our guide walks through each step, helping integrate these awesome tools effortlessly. Enhance your development experience with this streamlined process!

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Overview

Setting up Supabase with Tailwind CSS means bringing together a backend service and a sleek, modern CSS framework to create responsive, dynamic web apps. To kick things off, create a new project in Supabase for all your database, authentication, and storage requirements. At the same time, set up Tailwind CSS in your frontend project using a build tool like Webpack or PostCSS. Merging the powerful features of Supabase with the efficient, customizable styling of Tailwind CSS speeds up your development process, letting you concentrate on building feature-packed, visually engaging applications.

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How to set up Supabase with Tailwind CSS?

Step 1: Create a Supabase Project

  1. Head over to the Supabase website.
  2. Sign in or create a new account.
  3. Click on "New Project".
  4. Fill in the project details like Organization, Name, and Database Password.
  5. Hit “Create New Project”.

Step 2: Install Node.js

  1. Check if Node.js is installed by running node -v in your terminal.
  2. If it's not installed, grab it from nodejs.org and install it.

Step 3: Set Up a New Next.js Project

  1. Open your terminal and run:
    ```bash
    npx create-next-app@latest next-supabase-tailwind
    cd next-supabase-tailwind
    ```

Step 4: Install Supabase Client

  1. In your project directory, run:
    ```bash
    npm install @supabase/supabase-js
    ```

Step 5: Install Tailwind CSS

  1. Install Tailwind CSS and its dependencies:
    ```bash
    npm install -D tailwindcss postcss autoprefixer
    npx tailwindcss init -p
    ```

  2. Configure tailwind.config.js:
    ```js
    module.exports = {
    content: [
    './pages/*_/_.{js,ts,jsx,tsx}',
    './components/*_/_.{js,ts,jsx,tsx}',
    ],
    theme: {
    extend: {},
    },
    plugins: [],
    }
    ```

  3. Add Tailwind CSS directives to styles/globals.css:

```css
@tailwind base;
@tailwind components;
@tailwind utilities;
```

Step 6: Configure Supabase in Next.js

  1. Create a file named supabaseClient.js in the utils directory (create the directory if it doesn't exist):
    ```bash
    mkdir utils
    touch utils/supabaseClient.js
    ```

  2. Add this code to supabaseClient.js:
    ```js
    import { createClient } from '@supabase/supabase-js';

    const supabaseUrl = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL;
    const supabaseKey = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY;

    export const supabase = createClient(supabaseUrl, supabaseKey);
    ```

  3. Add your Supabase URL and Anon Key to .env.local:
    ```env
    NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL=https://xyzcompany.supabase.co
    NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY=your-anon-key-here
    ```

Step 7: Use Supabase in Your Pages

  1. For example, in pages/index.js, import and use Supabase:
    ```jsx
    import { supabase } from '../utils/supabaseClient';

    export default function Home() {
    const [data, setData] = React.useState([]);

    React.useEffect(() => {
    const fetchData = async () => {
    const { data: supaData } = await supabase.from('your-table').select('*');
    setData(supaData);
    };
    fetchData();
    }, []);

    return (


    Supabase + Tailwind CSS



      {data.map((item) => (
    • {item.name}

    • ))}


    );
    }
    ```

Step 8: Run Your Application

  1. Start your Next.js development server:
    ```bash
    npm run dev
    ```

  2. Open a browser and go to http://localhost:3000 to see your Next.js app with Supabase and Tailwind CSS all set up.

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