JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="http://www.jsviews.com/download/jsviews.js"></script>
<div id="content">
    <input data-link="formData.selectedThing trigger=true"/>
    <br/>
    <input data-link="formData.selectedPlace trigger=true"/>
</div>

<button id="btnUpdate" type="button">Update</button>

JavaScript

var app = {
    formData: {
        selectedThing: "thingValue1",
        selectedPlace: "placeValue1"
    }
};


$("#btnUpdate").on("click", function(){
    var replacementForm = {
        selectedThing: "thingValue2",
        selectedPlace: "placeValue2"
    }
    $.observable(app).setProperty("formData", replacementForm);
});

$("#content").link(true, app);