JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script>
        $(document).ready(function () {
            $.get("/todos", function (data, status) {
                var response = data.map(function (item) {
                    var li = document.createElement("li");
                    li.innerText = item.task;                
                    return li;
                });

                function writeToUl(selector, data) {
                    var ul = document.querySelector(selector);
                    response.forEach(function (item) {
                        ul.appendChild(item);
                    });
                }

                writeToUl(".todos", response)
            });
        });
    </script>

<body>
<ul class="todos">

</ul>