JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.js"></script>
<script src="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/bootstrap/3.2.0/js/bootstrap.js"></script>
<span class="target" title="test">works</span>

JavaScript

// Open console to view error
var $body = $(document.body);
$body.tooltip({selector: '.target', trigger: 'manual'});
$body.tooltip('show');