UI – Nextra

UI Frameworks Overview

The user interface (UI) of the Emerging Coders Website is crafted using two powerful UI frameworks: Tailwind CSS and Next.UI. These frameworks not only accelerate the development process but also ensure a consistent, responsive, and aesthetically pleasing user interface.

Tailwind CSS

Tailwind CSS is a utility-first CSS framework that promotes rapid UI development without sacrificing the ability to create custom designs. It provides low-level utility classes to build custom designs directly in your markup.

Usage:
- Utility-First: Enables the application of styling directly to HTML elements via utility classes, promoting rapid prototyping and iterative design.
- Responsiveness: Provides built-in utilities for creating responsive designs that ensure a consistent user experience across various device sizes.
- Customization: Allows extensive customization to define a design system and tailor the aesthetics to match the branding requirements.
Benefits:
- Efficiency: The utility-first approach significantly speeds up the development process, allowing for quicker iterations.
- Consistency: Promotes a consistent UI across the application by encouraging the reuse of utility classes and components.
- Maintainability: Ensures a clean and organized codebase that is easy to maintain and update as the project evolves.

Tailwind CSS Examples

Button

import React from "react"; 
 
export default function TailwindButton() {
 
    return (
        <div>
            <button className="bg-blue-500 hover:bg-blue-700 text-white font-bold py-2 px-4 rounded">
                Click me
            </button>
        </div>
    );
};

Card

import React from "react"; 
 
export default function TailwindCard() {
 
    return (
        <div className="max-w-sm rounded overflow-hidden shadow-lg p-6 mb-8 bg-white">
            <img className="w-full" src="https://via.placeholder.com/400" alt="Sunset in the mountains" />
            <div className="px-6 py-4">
                <div className="font-bold text-xl mb-2">
                    Card title
                </div>
                <p className="text-gray-700 text-base">
                    Some simple content goes here.
                </p>
            </div>
        </div>
    );
};

Alert Component:

import React from "react"; 
 
export default function TailwindAlert() {
 
    return (
        <div className="bg-red-100 border border-red-400 text-red-700 px-4 py-3 rounded relative" role="alert">
            <strong className="font-bold">
                Oh snap!
            </strong>
            <span className="block sm:inline"> 
                Something not ideal might have happened.
            </span>
        </div>
    );
};

Next.UI

Next.UI is presumed to be a component library that provides a collection of high-quality, customizable, and accessible UI components.

Usage:
- Component Library: Offers pre-built components to expedite the development of interactive and visually appealing user interfaces.
- Theming: Supports theming capabilities to maintain a consistent look and feel across the application, aligning with the project’s design system.
Benefits:
- Time-Saving: Utilizing a component library significantly accelerates the UI development process.
- Consistency and Quality: Ensures a consistent, professional appearance and high-quality user interactions throughout the application.
- Accessibility: Designed to be accessible, catering to a wide range of users including those with disabilities.

Next.UI Examples (Taken from the Next.UI documentation (opens in a new tab))

Accordion

import React from "react";
import {Accordion, AccordionItem} from "@nextui-org/react";
 
export default function App() {
  const defaultContent =
    "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.";
 
  return (
    <Accordion>
      <AccordionItem key="1" aria-label="Accordion 1" title="Accordion 1">
        {defaultContent}
      </AccordionItem>
      <AccordionItem key="2" aria-label="Accordion 2" title="Accordion 2">
        {defaultContent}
      </AccordionItem>
      <AccordionItem key="3" aria-label="Accordion 3" title="Accordion 3">
        {defaultContent}
      </AccordionItem>
    </Accordion>
  );
}

Card

import React from "react";
import {Card, CardHeader, CardBody, Image} from "@nextui-org/react";
 
export default function App() {
  return (
    <Card className="py-4">
      <CardHeader className="pb-0 pt-2 px-4 flex-col items-start">
        <p className="text-tiny uppercase font-bold">Daily Mix</p>
        <small className="text-default-500">12 Tracks</small>
        <h4 className="font-bold text-large">Frontend Radio</h4>
      </CardHeader>
      <CardBody className="overflow-visible py-2">
        <Image
          alt="Card background"
          className="object-cover rounded-xl"
          src="/images/hero-card-complete.jpeg"
          width={270}
        />
      </CardBody>
    </Card>
  );
}

Table

import React from "react";
import {Table, TableHeader, TableColumn, TableBody, TableRow, TableCell, getKeyValue} from "@nextui-org/react";
 
const rows = [
  {
    key: "1",
    name: "Tony Reichert",
    role: "CEO",
    status: "Active",
  },
  {
    key: "2",
    name: "Zoey Lang",
    role: "Technical Lead",
    status: "Paused",
  },
  {
    key: "3",
    name: "Jane Fisher",
    role: "Senior Developer",
    status: "Active",
  },
  {
    key: "4",
    name: "William Howard",
    role: "Community Manager",
    status: "Vacation",
  },
];
 
const columns = [
  {
    key: "name",
    label: "NAME",
  },
  {
    key: "role",
    label: "ROLE",
  },
  {
    key: "status",
    label: "STATUS",
  },
];
 
export default function App() {
  return (
    <Table aria-label="Example table with dynamic content">
      <TableHeader columns={columns}>
        {(column) => <TableColumn key={column.key}>{column.label}</TableColumn>}
      </TableHeader>
      <TableBody items={rows}>
        {(item) => (
          <TableRow key={item.key}>
            {(columnKey) => <TableCell>{getKeyValue(item, columnKey)}</TableCell>}
          </TableRow>
        )}
      </TableBody>
    </Table>
  );
}

Together, Tailwind CSS and Next.UI form a robust foundation for building an intuitive and visually appealing UI for the Emerging Coders Website. They facilitate a streamlined development process while ensuring the delivery of a high-quality user interface that aligns with modern design standards.

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