JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery.validate/1.13.1/jquery.validate.js"></script>
<script src="http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery.validate/1.13.1/additional-methods.js"></script>
<form id="myform">
    <input type="text" name="foo" required="required" />
    <br />
    <input type="text" name="bar" required="required" />
    <br />
    <br />
    <input type="submit" />
</form>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function () {

      $("#myform").validate(); // <- INITIALIZES PLUGIN

      console.log($("#myform").valid()); // <- TEST VALIDATION

  });