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="text" name="field3" />
    <br/>
    <input type="text" name="field4" />
    <br/>
    <input type="submit" />
</form>
<a href="http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation" target="_blank">Validation Documentation</a>

CSS

a {
    display: block;
    position: absolute;
    bottom: 0;
}

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function () {

    $('#myform').validate({
        // options, etc.
    });

    $('input[type="text"]').each(function () {
        $(this).rules('add', {
            required: true,
            // another rule, etc.
        });
    });

});