JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery.validate/1.10.0/jquery.validate.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery.validate/1.10.0/additional-methods.js"></script>
<form id="myform1">
    <input type="text" name="field" />
    <br/>
    <input type="submit" />
</form>
<form id="myform2">
    <input type="text" name="field" />
    <br/>
    <input type="text" name="field2" />
    <br/>
    <input type="submit" />
</form>
<a href="http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation" target="_blank">Validation Documentation</a>

CSS

a {
    display: block;
    position: absolute;
    bottom: 0;
}

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function () {

    var theRules = {
        required: true,
        number: true
    };

    $('#myform1').validate({
        rules: {
            field: theRules
        }
    });

    $('#myform2').validate({
        rules: {
            field2: {
                required: true
            },
            field: theRules
        }
    });

});