JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery.validate/1.11.0/jquery.validate.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery.validate/1.11.0/additional-methods.js"></script>
<form id="myform">
    <input type="text" name="myfield" />
    <br />
    <input type="submit" />
    <input type="submit" id="cancel" class="cancel" value="cancel" />
</form>
<a id="docs" href="http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation" target="_blank">Validation Documentation</a>

CSS

#docs {
    display: block;
    position: fixed;
    bottom: 0;
    right: 0;
}

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function () {

    var validate = $('#myform').validate({
        rules: {
            myfield: {
                required: true,
                minlength: 11
            }
        },
        submitHandler: function (form) { // only for demo
            alert('valid form submitted'); // for demo
            return false; // for demo
        }
    });

    $('#cancel').on('click', function (e) {
        e.preventDefault();
        validate.resetForm();
        $('form').get(0).reset();
    });

});