JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.7.0/themes/base/jquery-ui.css">
<div id="mydialog">
    <input type="text" id="pietje"/>
    <input type="text" id="version_release_date" />
</div>
<a href="/url/" class="popup">title text</a>

JavaScript

$(function(){
        $('a.popup').click(function(event) {
            event.preventDefault();
            var title = this.text;
          //  $('#mydialog').load($(this).attr('href') + 'form');
            $('#mydialog').dialog('option', 'title', title);
            $('#mydialog').dialog('open');
        });

        
        $('#mydialog').dialog({autoOpen: false});
         $("#version_release_date").datepicker({dateFormat: 'yy-mm-dd'});
    });