JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="http://documentcloud.github.com/underscore/underscore-min.js"></script>
<script src="http://documentcloud.github.com/backbone/backbone-min.js"></script>
<script src="https://raw.github.com/NYTimes/backbone.stickit/master/backbone.stickit.js"></script>
<div id="ctr">
    <input type="text" id="date" class="jquery-datepicker"/>
    <div id="date-val"></div>
</div>

CSS

#ctr * {
    margin: 10px;
    
}

JavaScript

Backbone.Stickit.addHandler({
    selector: '.jquery-datepicker',
    initialize: function($el, model, options) {
        $el.datepicker({
            onChangeMonthYear: function() {
                model.set(options.observe, $el.val());
            }
        });
    }
});

new (Backbone.View.extend({
    initialize: function() {
        this.setElement($('#ctr'));
        this.model =  new Backbone.Model({date:""});
    },
    bindings: {
        '#date': 'date',
        '#date-val': 'date'
    },    
    render: function() {
        this.stickit();
    }
}))().render();