JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<ul class="uol">
      <li>beta</li>
      <li>gamma</li>
      <li>alpha</li>
</ul>

JavaScript

$(".uol li").sort(asc).appendTo('.uol');


function asc(a, b){
  return ($(b).text()) < ($(a).text());    
}


function desc(a, b){
  return ($(b).text()) > ($(a).text());    
}