JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.1/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.1/themes/ui-lightness/jquery-ui.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/x-editable/1.5.1/jqueryui-editable/css/jqueryui-editable.css">
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/x-editable/1.5.1/jqueryui-editable/js/jqueryui-editable.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery-validate/1.13.1/jquery.validate.js"></script>
<p>name</p><a href="javascript:void(0)" id="name"></a>

<p>email</p><a href="javascript:void(0)" id="email"></a>

JavaScript

//Some separate script linked to HTML page
$(function () {
    
    $.validator.editable = {};

    $.validator.editable.form = $('<form />', {
        css: {
            position: 'absolute',
            top: '-9999px'
        }
    }).append($('<input />', {
        type: 'text'
    })).appendTo('body');

    $.validator.editable.initialize = function (validateObj) {
        $.validator.editable.form.validate(validateObj);
    }
    
    $.validator.editable.validate = function (value, t) {
        var input = $.validator.editable.form.find('input').attr('name', (name = t.getAttribute("name")) ? name : t.id).val(value);
        if (!input.valid()) {
            return input.next().html();
        }
    }
    
});

$(function () {

    $.validator.editable.initialize({
        rules: {
            name: {
                required: true,
                maxlength: 4,
                minlength: 2
            },
            email: {
                required: true,
                maxlength: 45,
                email: true
            }
        }
    });

    $('#name').editable({
        type: 'text',
        title: 'name',
        url: '/echo/json/',
        pk: 123,
        validate: function (value) {
            return $.validator.editable.validate(value, this);
        }
    });

    $('#email').editable({
        type: 'text',
        title: 'email',
        url: '/echo/json/',
        pk: 123,
        validate: function (value) {
            return $.validator.editable.validate(value, this);
        }
    });

});