# Basic CSS example ## How to use Download the example [or clone the repo](https://github.com/zeit/next.js): ```bash curl https://codeload.github.com/zeit/next.js/tar.gz/master | tar -xz --strip=2 next.js-master/examples/basic-css cd basic-css ``` Install it and run: ```bash npm install npm run dev ``` Deploy it to the cloud with [now](https://zeit.co/now) ([download](https://zeit.co/download)) ```bash now ``` ## The idea behind the example Next.js ships with [styled-jsx](https://github.com/zeit/styled-jsx) allowing you to write scope styled components with full css support. This is important for the modularity and code size of your bundles and also for the learning curve of the framework. If you know css you can write styled-jsx right away.