JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<span>hey you!</span>
<input type="text" name="test" id="test" />
JavaScript
alert ("The val: " + $('span').eq(0).val() );
alert ("The text: " + $('span').eq(0).text() );
alert ("The text input A: " + $('#test').val() );
alert ("The text input B: " + $('#test').eq(0).text() );