Creating feature sections in a React application enhances the UI by providing structured and interactive components. Using Tailwind CSS for styling and React Icons for adding icons can simplify the development process.

In this article, we will learn how to create feature sections using React and Tailwind CSS.

Prerequisites

• React
• Tailwind CSS
• Node.js NPM

Approach and Functionalities

• Create a React Project: Initialize a new React project using the Create React App.
• Install Dependencies: Add Tailwind CSS and React Icons to the project.
• Configure Tailwind CSS: Set up Tailwind CSS to work with React.
• Design Feature Sections: Create components for the feature sections with Tailwind CSS for styling and React Icons for icons.
• Run the Application: Test and run the application to see the feature sections in action.

Steps To Create Feature Sections

Here we created a sample ReactJS project then we installed Tailwind CSS once it is completed we start development for Feature Sections using React and Tailwind CSS. Below we provide step by step process to achieve this application.

Step 1: Set up a React Application

First created a sample React JS application by using mentioned command then navigate to project folder

npx create-react-app react-app
cd react-app

Folder Structure

Dependencies

"dependencies": {
    "@testing-library/jest-dom": "^5.17.0",
    "@testing-library/react": "^13.4.0",
    "@testing-library/user-event": "^13.5.0",
    "react": "^18.3.1",
    "react-dom": "^18.3.1",
    "react-icons": "^5.3.0",
    "react-scripts": "5.0.1",
    "web-vitals": "^2.1.4"
}

Step 2: Install and Configure Tailwind CSS

Once Project is created successfully Now install and configure the Tailwind css by using below commands in your project.

cd react-app
npm install -D tailwindcss postcss autoprefixer
npx tailwindcss init -p

Step 3: Install React Icons

Once Project is created successfully Now install react icons by using below commands in your project.

npm install react-icons

Step 4: Develop Business logic

Once Tailwind css installation and configuration is completed. Now we need develop user interface for Feature Sections using tailwind css and html. And it is responsive web page for this we use App.js and App.css files we provide that source code for your reference.

Example: This example demonstrates the creation of feature section using React and Tailwind CSS:

/*index.css*/

@tailwind base;
@tailwind components;
@tailwind utilities;

body {
    margin: 0;
    font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', 'Roboto', 'Oxygen',
        'Ubuntu', 'Cantarell', 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue',
        sans-serif;
    -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
    -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
}

code {
    font-family: source-code-pro, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New',
        monospace;
}

//src/App.js

import { FaBeer, FaApple, FaCoffee, FaRocket,
	FaMusic, FaGlobe, FaCar, FaBox, FaSmile } from 'react-icons/fa';

import './App.css';

function App() {
    const features = [
        {
            icon: <FaBeer />, title: 'Feature 1',
            description: 'Description for feature 1.'
        },
        {
            icon: <FaApple />, title: 'Feature 2',
            description: 'Description for feature 2.'
        },
        {
            icon: <FaCoffee />, title: 'Feature 3',
            description: 'Description for feature 3.'
        },
        {
            icon: <FaRocket />, title: 'Feature 4',
            description: 'Description for feature 4.'
        },
        {
            icon: <FaMusic />, title: 'Feature 5',
            description: 'Description for feature 5.'
        },
        {
            icon: <FaGlobe />, title: 'Feature 6',
            description: 'Description for feature 6.'
        },
        {
            icon: <FaCar />, title: 'Feature 7',
            description: 'Description for feature 7.'
        },
        {
            icon: <FaBox />, title: 'Feature 8',
            description: 'Description for feature 8.'
        },
        {
            icon: <FaSmile />, title: 'Feature 9',
            description: 'Description for feature 9.'
        },
    ];

    return (
        <div className="bg-green-600 p-8 lg:h-screen sm:h-auto">
            <h2 className="text-2xl font-bold 
            mb-6 text-white">
                Our Features
            </h2>
            <div className="grid grid-cols-1 
            md:grid-cols-3 lg:grid-cols-3 gap-6">
                {features.map((feature, index) => (
                    <div
                        key={index} className="bg-white p-6 rounded-lg
                         shadow-lg transition-transform transform hover:scale-105">
                        <div className="text-4xl mb-4">{feature.icon}</div>
                        <h3 className="text-xl font-semibold
                         mb-2">{feature.title}</h3>
                        <p>{feature.description}</p>
                    </div>
                ))}
            </div>
        </div>
    );
}

export default App;

/*tailwind.config.js*/

/** @type {import('tailwindcss').Config} */
module.exports = {
    content: [
        "./src/**/*.{js,jsx,ts,tsx}",
    ],
    theme: {
        extend: {},
    },
    plugins: [],
}

Step 5: Run the Application

Once Development is completed Now we need run the react js application by using below command. By default the react js application run on port number 3000.

npm start

Output: Once Project is successfully running then open the below URL to test the output.

http://localhost:3000/