JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.2.0/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.11.0/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.2.0/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/lodash.js/3.5.0/lodash.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/knockout/3.2.0/knockout-min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/gridstack.js/0.3.0/gridstack.css">
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/gridstack.js/0.3.0/gridstack.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/gridstack.js/0.3.0/gridstack.jQueryUI.js"></script>
<!DOCTYPE html>


    <!--[if lt IE 9]>
    <script src="http://html5shim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
    <![endif]-->

    <title>Knockout.js demo</title>



<body>
    <div class="container-fluid">
        <h1>knockout.js Demo</h1>

        <div>
            <button data-bind="click: addNewWidget">Add new widget</button>
        </div>

        <br>

        <div data-bind="component: {name: 'dashboard-grid', params: $data}"></div>
    </div>
 

    <template id="gridstack-template">
        <div class="grid-stack" data-bind="foreach: {data: widgets, afterRender: afterAddWidget}">
           <div class="grid-stack-item" data-bind="attr: {'id': $data.id, 'data-gs-x': $data.x, 'data-gs-y': $data.y, 'data-gs-width': $data.width, 'data-gs-height': $data.height, 'data-gs-auto-position': $data.auto_position}">
               <div class="grid-stack-item-content" style="height: 50px; width: auto; left: 10px; right: 10px; cursor: move; color:white;" data-bind='text:$data.id'>
               	
               </div>
			<div style="height: 100%;">
				<div style="height: calc(100% - 50px); width: calc(100% -...

CSS

.grid-stack {
            background: lightgoldenrodyellow;
        }

        .grid-stack-item-content {
            color: #2c3e50;
            text-align: center;
            background-color: #4c4f53;
        }

JavaScript

var grid = null;
    var counter = 1;
        ko.components.register('dashboard-grid', {
            viewModel: {
                createViewModel: function (controller, componentInfo) {
                    var ViewModel = function (controller, componentInfo) {


                        this.widgets = controller.widgets;

                        this.afterAddWidget = function (items) {
                            if (grid == null) {
                                grid = $(componentInfo.element).find('.grid-stack').gridstack({
                                    auto: false,
									disableResize: false,
									cellHeight: 50
                                }).data('gridstack');

							//For smooth dragging experience
							grid.setAnimation(true);
                            }

                            var item = _.find(items, function (i) { return i.nodeType == 1 });
                            $(item).attr("id", items.id);
                            $(item).find(".grid-stack-item-content").
                            counter++;
                            grid.addWidget(item);
                            ko.utils.domNodeDisposal.addDisposeCallback(item, function () {
                                grid.removeWidget(item);
                            });
                        };
                    };

                    return new ViewModel(controller, componentInfo);
                }
            },
            template: { element: 'gridstack-template' }
        });

        $(function () {
            var Controller = function (widgets) {
                var self = this;

                this.widgets = ko.observableArray(widgets);

                this.addNewWidget = function () {
                    this.widgets.push({
                        x: 0,
                        y: 0,
                        width: Math.floor(1 + 3 * Math.random()),
                        height: Math.floor(1 + 3 * Math.random())
//                       ...