diff --git a/snippets/CountDown.md b/snippets/CountDown.md
index f7fce6729..96c4c2772 100644
--- a/snippets/CountDown.md
+++ b/snippets/CountDown.md
@@ -5,71 +5,51 @@ tags: components,state,advanced
 
 Renders a countdown timer that prints a message when it reaches zero.
 
-- Use object destructuring to set defaults for the `hours`, `minutes` and `seconds` props.
-- Use the `React.useState()` hook to create the `time`, `paused` and `over` state variables and set their values to the values of the passed props, `false` and `false` respectively.
-- Create a method `tick`, that updates the value of `time` based on the current value (i.e. decreasing the time by one second).
-- If `paused` or `over` is `true`, `tick` will return immediately.
+- Use the `useState()` hook to create a state variable to hold the time value, initialize it from the props and destructure it into its components.
+- Use the `useState()` hook to create the `paused` and `over` state variables, used to prevent the timer from ticking if it's paused or the time has run out.
+- Create a method `tick`, that updates the time values based on the current value (i.e. decreasing the time by one second).
 - Create a method `reset`, that resets all state variables to their initial states.
-- Use the the `React.useEffect()` hook to call the `tick` method every second via the use of `setInterval()` and use `clearInterval()` to cleanup when the component is unmounted.
-- Use a `<div>` to wrap a `<p>` element with the textual representation of the components `time` state variable, as well as two `<button>` elements that will pause/unpause and restart the timer respectively.
-- If `over` is `true`, the timer will display a message instead of the value of `time`.
+- Use the the `useEffect()` hook to call the `tick` method every second via the use of `setInterval()` and use `clearInterval()` to clean up when the component is unmounted.
+- Use `String.prototype.padStart()` to pad each part of the time array to two characters to create the visual representation of the timer.
 
 ```jsx
 const CountDown = ({ hours = 0, minutes = 0, seconds = 0 }) => {
   const [paused, setPaused] = React.useState(false);
   const [over, setOver] = React.useState(false);
-  const [time, setTime] = React.useState({
-    hours: parseInt(hours),
-    minutes: parseInt(minutes),
-    seconds: parseInt(seconds)
-  });
+  const [[h, m, s], setTime] = React.useState([hours, minutes, seconds]);
 
   const tick = () => {
     if (paused || over) return;
-    if (time.hours == 0 && time.minutes == 0 && time.seconds == 0) setOver(true);
-    else if (time.minutes == 0 && time.seconds == 0) {
-      setTime({
-        hours: time.hours - 1,
-        minutes: 59,
-        seconds: 59
-      });
-    } else if (time.seconds == 0) {
-      setTime({
-        hours: time.hours,
-        minutes: time.minutes - 1,
-        seconds: 59
-      });
+    if (h === 0 && m === 0 && s === 0) setOver(true);
+    else if (m === 0 && s === 0) {
+      setTime([h - 1, 59, 59]);
+    } else if (s == 0) {
+      setTime([h, m - 1, 59]);
     } else {
-      setTime({
-        hours: time.hours,
-        minutes: time.minutes,
-        seconds: time.seconds - 1
-      });
+      setTime([h, m, s - 1]);
     }
   };
 
   const reset = () => {
-    setTime({
-      hours: parseInt(hours),
-      minutes: parseInt(minutes),
-      seconds: parseInt(seconds)
-    });
+    setTime([parseInt(hours), parseInt(minutes), parseInt(seconds)]);
     setPaused(false);
     setOver(false);
   };
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
-    let timerID = setInterval(() => tick(), 1000);
+    const timerID = setInterval(() => tick(), 1000);
     return () => clearInterval(timerID);
   });
 
   return (
     <div>
-      <p>{`${time.hours.toString().padStart(2, '0')}:${time.minutes
+      <p>{`${h.toString().padStart(2, '0')}:${m
         .toString()
-        .padStart(2, '0')}:${time.seconds.toString().padStart(2, '0')}`}</p>
+        .padStart(2, '0')}:${s.toString().padStart(2, '0')}`}</p>
       <div>{over ? "Time's up!" : ''}</div>
-      <button onClick={() => setPaused(!paused)}>{paused ? 'Resume' : 'Pause'}</button>
+      <button onClick={() => setPaused(!paused)}>
+        {paused ? 'Resume' : 'Pause'}
+      </button>
       <button onClick={() => reset()}>Restart</button>
     </div>
   );
@@ -77,5 +57,8 @@ const CountDown = ({ hours = 0, minutes = 0, seconds = 0 }) => {
 ```
 
 ```jsx
-ReactDOM.render(<CountDown hours="1" minutes="45" />, document.getElementById('root'));
+ReactDOM.render(
+  <CountDown hours={1} minutes={45} />,
+  document.getElementById('root')
+);
 ```
diff --git a/snippets/MultiselectCheckbox.md b/snippets/MultiselectCheckbox.md
index 28419db29..7aa325ab7 100644
--- a/snippets/MultiselectCheckbox.md
+++ b/snippets/MultiselectCheckbox.md
@@ -5,45 +5,38 @@ tags: components,input,state,array,intermediate
 
 Renders a checkbox list that uses a callback function to pass its selected value/values to the parent component.
 
-- Use `React.useState()` to create a `data` state variable and set its initial value equal to the `options` prop.
-- Create a function `toggle` that is used to toggle the `checked` to update the `data` state variable and call the `onChange` callback passed via the component's props.
-- Render a `<ul>` element and use `Array.prototype.map()` to map the `data` state variable to individual `<li>` elements with `<input>` elements as their children.
-- Each `<input>` element has the `type='checkbox'` attribute and is marked as `readOnly`, as its click events are handled by the parent `<li>` element's `onClick` handler.
+- Use the `useState()` hook to create the `data` state variable and use the `options` prop to initialize its value.
+- Create a `toggle` function that uses the spread operator (`...`) and `Array.prototype.splice()` to update the `data` state variable and call the `onChange` callback with any `checked` options.
+- Use `Array.prototype.map()` to map the `data` state variable to individual `<input type="checkbox">` elements, each one wrapped in a `<label>`, binding the `onClick` handler to the `toggle` function.
 
 ```jsx
-const style = {
-  listContainer: {
-    listStyle: 'none',
-    paddingLeft: 0
-  },
-  itemStyle: {
-    cursor: 'pointer',
-    padding: 5
-  }
-};
-
 const MultiselectCheckbox = ({ options, onChange }) => {
   const [data, setData] = React.useState(options);
 
-  const toggle = item => {
-    data.forEach((_, key) => {
-      if (data[key].label === item.label) data[key].checked = !item.checked;
+  const toggle = index => {
+    const newData = [...data];
+    newData.splice(index, 1, {
+      label: data[index].label,
+      checked: !data[index].checked
     });
-    setData([...data]);
-    onChange(data);
+    setData(newData);
+    onChange(newData.filter(x => x.checked));
   };
 
   return (
-    <ul style={style.listContainer}>
-      {data.map(item => {
-        return (
-          <li key={item.label} style={style.itemStyle} onClick={() => toggle(item)}>
-            <input readOnly type="checkbox" checked={item.checked || false} />
-            {item.label}
-          </li>
-        );
-      })}
-    </ul>
+    <>
+      {data.map((item, index) => (
+        <label key={item.label}>
+          <input
+            readOnly
+            type="checkbox"
+            checked={item.checked || false}
+            onClick={() => toggle(index)}
+          />
+          {item.label}
+        </label>
+      ))}
+    </>
   );
 };
 ```
diff --git a/snippets/StarRating.md b/snippets/StarRating.md
index a414d670d..000865fea 100644
--- a/snippets/StarRating.md
+++ b/snippets/StarRating.md
@@ -6,39 +6,47 @@ tags: components,children,input,state,intermediate
 Renders a star rating component.
 
 - Define a component, called `Star` that will render each individual star with the appropriate appearance, based on the parent component's state.
-- In the `StarRating` component, use the `React.useState()` hook to define the `rating` and `selection` state variables with the initial values of `value` (or `0` if invalid or not supplied) and `0`.
-- Create a method, `hoverOver`, that updates `selected` and `rating` according to the provided `event`.
-- Create a `<div>` to wrap the `<Star>` components, which are created using `Array.prototype.map()` on an array of 5 elements, created using `Array.from()`, and handle the `onMouseLeave` event to set `selection` to `0`, the `onClick` event to set the `rating` and the `onMouseOver` event to set `selection` to the `star-id` attribute of the `event.target` respectively.
-- Finally, pass the appropriate values to each `<Star>` component (`starId` and `marked`).
+- In the `StarRating` component, use the `useState()` hook to define the `rating` and `selection` state variables with the appropriate initial values.
+- Create a method, `hoverOver`, that updates `selected` according to the provided `event`, using the .`data-star-id` attribute of the event's target or resets it to `0` if called with a `null` argument.
+- Use `Array.from()` to create an array of `5` elements and `Array.prototype.map()` to create individual `<Star>` components.
+- Handle the `onMouseOver` and `onMouseLeave` events of the wrapping element using `hoverOver` and the `onClick` event using `setRating`.
+
+```css
+.star {
+  color: #ff9933;
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+```
 
 ```jsx
 const Star = ({ marked, starId }) => {
   return (
-    <span star-id={starId} style={{ color: '#ff9933' }} role="button">
+    <span data-star-id={starId} className="star" role="button">
       {marked ? '\u2605' : '\u2606'}
     </span>
   );
 };
 
 const StarRating = ({ value }) => {
-  const [rating, setRating] = React.useState(typeof value == 'number' ? value : 0);
+  const [rating, setRating] = React.useState(parseInt(value) || 0);
   const [selection, setSelection] = React.useState(0);
+
   const hoverOver = event => {
     let val = 0;
-    if (event && event.target && event.target.getAttribute('star-id'))
-      val = event.target.getAttribute('star-id');
+    if (event && event.target && event.target.getAttribute('data-star-id'))
+      val = event.target.getAttribute('data-star-id');
     setSelection(val);
   };
   return (
     <div
       onMouseOut={() => hoverOver(null)}
-      onClick={event => setRating(event.target.getAttribute('star-id') || rating)}
+      onClick={e => setRating(e.target.getAttribute('data-star-id') || rating)}
       onMouseOver={hoverOver}
     >
       {Array.from({ length: 5 }, (v, i) => (
         <Star
           starId={i + 1}
-          key={`star_${i + 1} `}
+          key={`star_${i + 1}`}
           marked={selection ? selection >= i + 1 : rating >= i + 1}
         />
       ))}
@@ -48,6 +56,5 @@ const StarRating = ({ value }) => {
 ```
 
 ```jsx
-ReactDOM.render(<StarRating />, document.getElementById('root'));
 ReactDOM.render(<StarRating value={2} />, document.getElementById('root'));
 ```