Step by Step Guide: Migrate a React App from Bootstrap to Tailwind CSS

In this article, I will walk you through my journey of migrating a React single-page application (SPA) from Bootstrap to Tailwind CSS in one of my projects at work.

In this article, I will walk you through my journey of migrating a React single-page application (SPA) from Bootstrap to Tailwind CSS in one of my projects at work.

I will discuss the pros and cons of the architectural strategies our team has considered during the migration. Then, I will move to the execution of the picked strategy and share some learned lessons throughout the whole experience.

After reading this article, you will learn:

• the importance of a good research

• different architectural strategies with their pros and cons for migrating from one UI framework to another

• how to make trade-offs when making a decision

• actionable steps for migrating from Bootstrap to Tailwind CSS

• best practices like Dependency Isolation, Atomic Design, etc.

Step 0: Starting point

A single-page app (SPA) created with Create React App (CRA) and the following packages:

• React 16

• Bootstrap 4, React-Bootstrap

• Classnames, Polished, Emotion (styled-components)

• and others

Step 1: Research phase

Before tackling a problem or…