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 class="form" id="contactusform" action="#">
<div class="row">
    <div class="col-sm-4 form-label">
    <label for="cname">Contact Name*</label>
    </div>
    <div class="col-sm-6 form-row">
    <input id="cname" name="name" type="text" class="form-field" required>
    </div>
</div>
<div class="row">
    <div class="col-sm-4 form-label">
    <label for="cemail">Contact Email Address*</label>
    </div>
    <div class="col-sm-6 form-row">
    <input id="cemail" name="email" type="email"  class="form-field" required>
    </div>
</div>
<div class="row">
    <div class="col-sm-4 form-label">
    <label for="cphone">Contact Phone Number</label>
    </div>
    <div class="col-sm-6 form-row">
    <input id="cphone" name="phone" type="text" class="form-field">
    </div>
</div>
<div class="row">
    <div class="col-sm-6 form-send-button">
    <div class="">
    <input id="submit" type="submit" class="btn send-button" value="SEND">
    </div>
    </div>
</div>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function () {
    $("#contactusform").validate({
      rules: {
        name: "required",
        email: {
          required: true,
          email: true
        },
        phone: {
            required: false,
            digits: true,
            minlength: 11
        }
      },
      messages: {
        name: "Please specify your name",
        email: {
            required: "We need your email address to contact you",
            email: "Email must be in the format of name@domain.com"
        },
        phone: {
            minlength: "please insert a number of 11 digits",
            digits: "The value must be a number"
        }
      }
    });
});