# Settings

*Django Tailwind* comes with preconfigured settings.
You can override them in the `settings.py` of your Django project.

## `TAILWIND_APP_NAME`
This defines the *Tailwind* theme Django app containing your *Tailwind CSS* styles. I prefer to name such an app `'theme'`. You should generate the app during the installation phase by running the following command:
```html
python manage.py tailwind init
```
Please refer to the [Installation](installation.md) section for more information on the installation process.

## `TAILWIND_DEV_MODE` (in deprecation)
Determines whether the `browser-sync` snippet is added to the page via the `{% tailwind_css %}` tag. It is set to `False` by default, so
if you use legacy pre-`3.1.0` configuration and rely on `browser-sync`, add `TAILWIND_DEV_MODE=True` to your `settings.py`.

## `NPM_BIN_PATH`
This defines a path to the `npm` executable in your system.

> *Tailwind CSS* requires you to have *Node.js* installed on your machine.
> *Node.js* is a *JavaScript* runtime that allows running *JavaScript* code outside a browser. Most of the current frontend tools depend on *Node.js*.
>
> If you don't have *Node.js* installed on your machine, please follow installation instructions from [the official Node.js page](https://nodejs.org/).

The default value is:
```html
NPM_BIN_PATH = 'npm'
```

Please note, that on *Windows* the path might look completely different (pay attention to "backslashes" in the path):

```python
NPM_BIN_PATH = r"C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm.cmd"
```


## `TAILWIND_CSS_PATH`
This defines a path to the generated *Tailwind CSS* stylesheet. If you have created a theme app via the `python manage.py tailwind init` command,
chances are you don't need to change this value.

However, if you integrated *Tailwind CSS* in another way or want to use a *CDN* version of the bundle, you might want to change the path.

The default value is:
```html
TAILWIND_CSS_PATH = 'css/dist/styles.css'
```