JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div id="test"></div>

JavaScript

(function(){
    var _$ = $;
    $ = function(){
        var $res = _$.apply(0, arguments);
        if(!$res.length && typeof arguments[0] === 'string')
            throw 'No Element Found: ' + arguments[0];
        return $res;
    }
    $ = _$.extend(true, $, _$);
})();

try{
    // Throws Exception
    $('span#test').text('FdOO');
}catch(err){
    console.log('Caught: '+err);
    // Works correctly
    $('#test').text('BAR');
}

// Throws Exception
$('.nothing').css('color', '#0000FF');

// Uncaught exceptions stop execution in javascript
$('#test').text('This line isn\'t reached');