Cali is a starter theme designed for developers who want to build modern, component-based websites for the popular content management system. It provides a minimal foundation that integrates a contemporary frontend development stack, moving away from traditional PHP-centric templating.

• Handlebars Templating: Uses Handlebars as a view engine to separate business logic from presentation, creating cleaner and more maintainable HTML templates that can be parsed in both PHP and JavaScript contexts.
• Modern JavaScript Workflow: Write JavaScript using ES6 syntax, which is then bundled and transpiled for browser compatibility using Rollup and Babel, supporting modern development practices.
• Utility-First CSS with Tailwind: Implements TailwindCSS for styling, promoting a utility-first approach that speeds up UI development and keeps custom CSS to a minimum.
• Integrated Development Server: Includes a live styleguide and development server with hot reloading, allowing for isolated component development and instant previews of changes.
• Code Quality Enforcement: Integrates Stylelint and ESLint to automatically check CSS and JavaScript code for errors and enforce consistent coding standards during development.