React + Vite + TypeScript + Tailwind CSS v4 — Project Setup

Overview

This article covers scaffolding a production-ready React single-page application using Vite, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS v4. This is the frontend that gets built into static assets and served from S3 + CloudFront.

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React + Vite + TypeScript + Tailwind CSS v4 — Project Setup

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