JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.12.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://rawgit.com/mervick/emojionearea/master/dist/emojionearea.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://rawgit.com/mervick/emojionearea/master/dist/emojionearea.css">
<textarea class="emojitextarea"></textarea>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function() {
    $(".emojitextarea").emojioneArea({
    pickerPosition: "bottom"
});
  });