JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="http://ajax.microsoft.com/ajax/jquery.validate/1.7/jquery.validate.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.2/themes/ui-lightness/jquery-ui.css">
<div id='some_id'>Click Me!</div>

JavaScript

$('#some_id').click(function() {
    func1.call(this, 'somearg', 'someotherarg'); 
});

   // now "this" references the element when func1 is called
function func1(aaa, bbb){
    alert(this + '\n\n' + aaa + ' ' + bbb);
};