JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.2.4.min.js"></script>

JavaScript

function buildCell() {
  var returnString = '';
  returnString += '<td>';
  returnString += 'Cell Contents';
  returnString += '</td>';
  return (returnString);
}

function buildTable() {
  return $('body').html('<table>' + '<tr>' + buildCell() + '</tr>');
}

buildTable();