JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<a id=test>Click me</a>
JavaScript
var i = 0;
$('a#test').click(function(){
i += 1;
var message = "Count is" + i;
alert(message);
$('a#test').popover({trigger:'manual', placement: 'right', content: message});
$('a#test').popover("show");
});