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://malsup.github.com/jquery.form.js"></script>
<form id="myForm">
    <input type="text" name="field1" />
    <br/>
    <input type="text" name="field2" />
    <br/>
    <input type="submit" />
</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 () {

    $("#myForm").validate({ // initialize the plugin
        // any other options,
        onkeyup: false,
        rules: {
            field1: {
                required: true,
                minlength: 5
            },
            field2: {
                required: true,
                minlength: 5
            }
        }
    });

    $("#myForm").ajaxForm({ // initialize the plugin
        // any other options,
        beforeSubmit: function () {
            return $("#myForm").valid(); // TRUE when form is valid, FALSE will cancel submit
        },
        success: function (returnData) {
            alert('form submission'); // for demo
            //$('#content').html(returnData); // for demo
        }
    });

});