JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery.validate/1.13.0/jquery.validate.js"></script>
<form id="myform">
    <input type="text" name="foo" />
    <br/>
    <input type="text" name="bar" />
    <br/>
    <input type="submit" />
</form>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function () {

    $('#myform').validate({
        rules: {
            foo: "required",
            bar: "required"
        },
        errorPlacement: function (error, element) {
            if (element.attr('name') == 'foo') {
                return false;
            } else {
                error.insertAfter(element); // default
            }
        }
    });

});