A guide to adding gradients with Tailwind CSS

This updated article provides a comprehensive guide on using Tailwind CSS to create and customize various types of gradients, such as background, text, border, underline, and progress bar gradients, while also introducing animation capabilities. It explains the fundamental classes needed to control gradient directions, like horizontal, vertical, and diagonal, and offers detailed instructions on adding more than two color stops using the "via-{color}" class. Readers learn to implement radial and conic gradients by configuring Tailwind's theme property, and the article highlights the use of Tailwind's square bracket notation for dynamic class creation. Additionally, the tutorial covers animating gradient elements on hover and focus states to enhance visual effects and provides examples through CodePen demos. It also introduces gradient generators that streamline the gradient creation process by offering real-time visualization and customization, making it easier for developers to integrate gradients into Tailwind-based projects efficiently.