JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2014.1.318/js/kendo.all.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2014.1.318/styles/kendo.common.min.css">
<h1>which is better?</h1>
<div id="view">
    <label for="output1">First:</label><p id="output1"></p>
    <label for="output2">Second:</label><p id="output2"></p>
</div>

JavaScript

var data = { visible: true, current: { prType: 'BR' } }
var viewModel = kendo.observable(data);
kendo.bind($("#view"), viewModel);
var val;

val = viewModel.current.get('prType');
$("#output1").text(val);

val = viewModel.get('current.prType');
$("#output2").text(val);