JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by stefek99

HTML

<textarea id="output1"></textarea>
<textarea id="output2"></textarea>
Note: lack of &lt;li&gt; of tags.

JavaScript

var template = "<li><a href='#'>link</a></li>";

var $jqueryElement = $(template);

$("#output1").val(template);
$("#output2").val($jqueryElement.html());