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="myform">
    <input type="text" name="field1" />
    <br/>
    <input type="text" name="field2" />
    <br/>
    <input type="submit" id="submit" />
</form>
<a id="docs" href="http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation" target="_blank">Validation Documentation</a>

CSS

#docs {
    display: block;
    position: absolute;
    bottom: 0;
}

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function() {

    $('#submit').one('click', function () {
        $('#myform').validate({
            rules: {
                field1: {
                    required: true,
                    minlength: 5
                },
                field2: {
                    required: true,
                    minlength: 5
                }
            },
            submitHandler: function (form) { // for demo
                alert('valid form');
                return false;
            }
        });
    });
    
});