netlify dev command doesnt build the css

[kamalhm]

resulting in a css-less build output

steps to reproduce

1. clone the repo
2. run npm install
3. run netlify dev

[Trolzie]

You need to npm run start to compile the CSS. The netlify dev will only serve it as far as I can see, and since your repo is new, it hasnt yet compiled the CSS for you.

From the README.md:

While running/developing locally, thw npm run start command will recompile the site as files are saved and this includes the CSS pipeline from Tailwind.

[henrik]

I just got bit by the same thing.

I opened src/site/_includes/css/tailwind.css in my editor and saved it – that caused it to be generated.

netlify.toml says

[dev]
  command = "npm run start"

which I assumed to mean it already runs npm run start on netlify dev.