JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div id="stuff">
    <button class="button">Click me!</button>
    <p>Stuff within the #stuff.</p>
</div>

JavaScript

var $stuff = $('#stuff'),
    ajaxContent = $stuff.html(),
    $ajaxContent,
    colors = ['blue','green','red'],
    color = 0;

$stuff.on('click', function(){
    $.get('/echo/html/', function(){
        color++;
        if (color == colors.length) color = 0;
        console.log($stuff.html());
        alert($stuff.html());
        $ajaxContent = $(ajaxContent);
        $stuff.append($ajaxContent).css('color', colors[color]);
        console.log($stuff.html());
    });
});