JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<a href="http://www.google.it" target="_blank"><span>click</span></a>JavaScript
$('a').on('click',function(evt){
console.log($(this).attr('href'));
evt.preventDefault();
});
/*var link= document.querySelector('a');
link.addEventListener('click',function(evt){
console.log(link);
evt.preventDefault();
},false);*/