This blog for the backend who try to build side projects either as a micro SaaS and earn some money or just practicing and want to show his work with good looking UI, and want to avoid the headache of the frontend

I will provide a punch of tools helped me as a backend building a good looking and clean frontend.

Let’s fly to the frontend world!

As a backend i found a way to build fast, good looking frontend and i am here today to share the secrets with you

No Framework

we don’t want to learn a full framework to start this journey, instead we will use this boilerplate which provide punch of tools do most of the framework 1- 11ty: provide the power of components, hot reloading, lightweight, and minified files 2- AlpineJs: provide the power of reactivity, flow conditions, loops, more…. and all of this with just 11 attribute, you latterly can learn it in half an hour 3- TailwindCss: best css framework with best community, this library has tons of pre-build components and most of them are free

No CSS Headache

Now, i introduce the heros who saved our day… Tailwind community Those heros builds too many libraries and pre-build component you can start using them immediately just by copy/paste with a basic knowledge of the frontend

just install is and start build your UI

NOTE: i suggest to use only one to achieve consistency in your design

list of component libraries

• daisyUI (MyFavorite)
• aceternity (BestLooking)
• freeFrontend
• preline
• flowbite
• shadcn
• tailwindFlex
• materialTailwind
• TailwindComponents
• treact: has free landing pages
• tw-elements: (paid)

Summary

Using this tools will save you time and effort, and will generate acceptable UI as a start and fit your MVP … no need to learn new things just 30 min to get familiar with how to use 11ty, alpine and navigate component libraries to choose the right one fits your dream design

Happy Coding :heart: