Fix a whole bunch of typos (#1236)

Author: angelikatyborska

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ If there is no such issue, you may open one. The baseline of work is as follows:
 1. Create `.meta/tests.toml`. If the exercise that is being implemented has test data in the [problem specifications repository][problem-specifications], the contents of this file **must** be a list of UUIDs of the tests that are implemented or not implemented. Scroll down to [tools](#tools) to find configlet which aids generating this file _interactively_.
 1. Run the tests locally, using `scripts/test`: `ASSIGNMENT=slug npx babel-node scripts/test`.
 1. Run the linter locally, using `scripts/lint`: `ASSIGNMENT=slug npx babel-node scripts/lint`.
-1. Create an entry in `config.json`: a unique _new_ UUID (you can use the `configlet uuid` tool to generate one, scroll down to [tools](#tools) to see how you can get it), give it a difficulty (should be similar to similar exercises), and make sure the _order_ of the file is sane. Currently the file is ordered first on core - non core, then on difficulty low to high, and finally lexographically.
+1. Create an entry in `config.json`: a unique _new_ UUID (you can use the `configlet uuid` tool to generate one, scroll down to [tools](#tools) to see how you can get it), give it a difficulty (should be similar to similar exercises), and make sure the _order_ of the file is sane. Currently the file is ordered first on core - non core, then on difficulty low to high, and finally lexicographically.
 1. Format the files, using `scripts/format`: `npx babel-node scripts/format`.
 
 The final step is opening a Pull Request, with these items all checked off. Make sure the tests run and the linter is happy. It will run automatically on your PR.
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ There is quite a bit of student-facing documentation, which can be found in the
 
 ## Tools
 
-You'll need LTS or higher NodeJS in order to contribute to the _code_ in this respository. Run `npm install` in the root in order to be able to run the scripts as listed below. We use the following dependencies:
+You'll need LTS or higher NodeJS in order to contribute to the _code_ in this repository. Run `npm install` in the root in order to be able to run the scripts as listed below. We use the following dependencies:
 
 - `shelljs` in order to provide shell interface to scripts
 - `eslint` for linting all code in the stub, test file and example file

TAGS.md

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ This document aims to provide reasoning why `config.json` contains the `"tags"`
 
 - [x] `paradigm/declarative`: mostly popularised by libraries and frameworks such as React, Vue, etc.
 - [x] `paradigm/functional`: there is a lot of support for functional programming, including various defactor libraries in the ecosystem providing functional programming patterns.
-- [x] `paradigm/imperative`: the majority of scripts written in JavaScript, but also a _lot_ of DOM based interacivity sprinkles are imperative.
-- [ ] `paradigm/logic`: whilst it is possible to write DSL or patterns that' allow for logic-based programming, JavaScript doesn't inheritly support it.
+- [x] `paradigm/imperative`: the majority of scripts written in JavaScript, but also a _lot_ of DOM based interactivity sprinkles are imperative.
+- [ ] `paradigm/logic`: whilst it is possible to write DSL or patterns that' allow for logic-based programming, JavaScript doesn't inherently support it.
 - [x] `paradigm/object_oriented`: has been around in JavaScript since prototypes were a thing (so since the beginning), and more popular with the ES6 classes.
 
 ## Typing

concepts/callbacks/links.json

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   },
   {
     "url": "https://www.educative.io/edpresso/what-are-callbacks-in-javascript",
-    "description": "Edspresso: What are callbacks in JavaScript?"
+    "description": "Edpresso: What are callbacks in JavaScript?"
   },
   {
     "url": "https://javascript.info/callbacks",

concepts/errors/introduction.md

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ try {
 }
 ```
 
-As any object in Javascript the Error can be "extended" to create Custom errors. You can use the `instanceof` syntax to check if the error catched is an instance of a particular object.
+As any object in Javascript the Error can be "extended" to create Custom errors. You can use the `instanceof` syntax to check if the error caught is an instance of a particular object.
 
 ```javascript
 class CustomError extends Error {}

concepts/numbers/about.md

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ See [comparison][concept-comparison] for more information on comparisons in gene
 
 ## Pitfalls
 
-Becuase numbers in JavaScript are floating point numbers, all math using these values is floating point math.
+Because numbers in JavaScript are floating point numbers, all math using these values is floating point math.
 Therefore, in JavaScript:
 
 ```javascript

concepts/strings/introduction.md

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ The first is the `charAt()` method:
 ```
 
 The other way is to treat a `string` as a list of characters, where individual characters correspond to a numerical index (starts at zero).
-The indexer syntax (`[index]`) can then be used to acccess the character at a specific index:
+The indexer syntax (`[index]`) can then be used to access the character at a specific index:
 
 ```javascript
 'cat'[1];

exercises/concept/errors/.docs/instructions.md

@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 # Instructions
 
-Elena is the new quality manager of a newspaper factory. As she has just arrived in the company, she has decided to review some of the processes in the factory to see what could be improved. She found out that technicians are doing a lot of quality checks by hand. She sees there is a good oportunity for automation and asks you, a freelance developer, to develop a piece of software to monitor some of the machines.
+Elena is the new quality manager of a newspaper factory. As she has just arrived in the company, she has decided to review some of the processes in the factory to see what could be improved. She found out that technicians are doing a lot of quality checks by hand. She sees there is a good opportunity for automation and asks you, a freelance developer, to develop a piece of software to monitor some of the machines.
 
 ## Check the humidity level of the production room
 
 Your first mission is to write a piece of software to monitor the humidity level of the production room. There is already a sensor connected to the software of the company that returns periodically the humidity percentage of the room. You need to implement a function in the software that will throw an error if the humidity percentage is too high.
 
 ## Detect overheating and broken sensors
 
-Elena is very pleased with your first assignement and ask you to deal with the monitoring of the machines' temperature.
+Elena is very pleased with your first assignment and ask you to deal with the monitoring of the machines' temperature.
 
 While chatting with a technician, Greg, you are told that if the temperature of a machine exceeds 500°C, the technicians start worrying about overheating.
 
-The machine is equiped with a sensor that measures its internal temperature. You should know that the sensor is very sensitive and often breaks. In this case the technicians will need to change it.
+The machine is equipped with a sensor that measures its internal temperature. You should know that the sensor is very sensitive and often breaks. In this case the technicians will need to change it.
 
 Your job is to implement a function that throws an error if the sensor is broken or if the machine starts overheating.
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Implements a function `reportOverheating` that takes the temperature as a parame
 
 If the sensor is broken, the temperature will be null. In this case you should throw an `ArgumentError`.
 
-When everything works, if the temperature exceeds 500°C, you should throw a `OverheatingError`. This error class will be instanciated with a temperature argument. Make sure that the `OverheatingError` you throw has a temperature property attached to it.
+When everything works, if the temperature exceeds 500°C, you should throw a `OverheatingError`. This error class will be instantiated with a temperature argument. Make sure that the `OverheatingError` you throw has a temperature property attached to it.
 
 ```javascript
 reportOverheating(null);

exercises/concept/errors/.docs/introduction.md

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ try {
 }
 ```
 
-As any object in Javascript the Error can be "extended" to create Custom errors. You can use the `instanceof` syntax to check if the error catched is an instance of a particular object.
+As any object in Javascript the Error can be "extended" to create Custom errors. You can use the `instanceof` syntax to check if the error caught is an instance of a particular object.
 
 ```javascript
 class CustomError extends Error {}

exercises/concept/freelancer-rates/.docs/hints.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## 1. Calculate the day rate given an hourly rate
 
-- Use the [numeric operators][ref-numeric-operators] from Lucian's Lucious Lasagna.
+- Use the [numeric operators][ref-numeric-operators] from Lucian's Luscious Lasagna.
 
 [ref-numeric-operators]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Arithmetic_Operators
 

exercises/concept/mixed-juices/.meta/design.md

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ The comment types mentioned below only serve as a proposal.
 2. `limesToCut`
 
    - A solution that uses `if (limes.length < 0) break;` instead of combining the conditions should be considered equally correct to the exemplar solution.
-     The version in the examplar file is shorter but the break version emphasizes that there is a special edge case.
+     The version in the exemplar file is shorter but the break version emphasizes that there is a special edge case.
    - `essential`: Verify that `while` was used.
    - `essential`: If a helper function was used for the switch statement, check that is was not exported.
    - `actionable`: If the student wrote `if (limes.length < 0) return limesCut`, comment that the duplication of `return limesCut` can be avoided by using break there instead of return.

exercises/concept/translation-service/.meta/exemplar.alternative.js

@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ export class TranslationService {
    * - Requests a translation if the translation is not available, then retries
    *
    * @param {string} text
-   * @param {number} miniumQuality
+   * @param {number} minimumQuality
    * @returns {Promise<string>}
    */
-  async premium(text, miniumQuality) {
+  async premium(text, minimumQuality) {
     try {
       const { translation, quality } = await this.api.fetch(text);
 
-      if (miniumQuality > quality) {
+      if (minimumQuality > quality) {
         throw new QualityThresholdNotMet(text);
       }
       return translation;
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export class TranslationService {
       }
 
       await this.request(text);
-      return await this.premium(text, miniumQuality);
+      return await this.premium(text, minimumQuality);
     }
   }
 

exercises/concept/translation-service/.meta/exemplar.js

@@ -29,19 +29,19 @@ export class TranslationService {
    * - Requests a translation if the translation is not available, then retries
    *
    * @param {string} text
-   * @param {number} miniumQuality
+   * @param {number} minimumQuality
    * @returns {Promise<string>}
    */
-  premium(text, miniumQuality) {
+  premium(text, minimumQuality) {
     return this.api.fetch(text).then(
       ({ translation, quality }) => {
-        if (miniumQuality > quality) {
+        if (minimumQuality > quality) {
           throw new QualityThresholdNotMet(text);
         }
 
         return translation;
       },
-      () => this.request(text).then(() => this.premium(text, miniumQuality))
+      () => this.request(text).then(() => this.premium(text, minimumQuality))
     );
   }
 

exercises/concept/translation-service/service.js

@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ export class TranslationService {
    * - Requests a translation if the translation is not available, then retries
    *
    * @param {string} text
-   * @param {number} miniumQuality
+   * @param {number} minimumQuality
    * @returns {Promise<string>}
    */
-  premium(text, miniumQuality) {
+  premium(text, minimumQuality) {
     throw new Error('Implement the premium function');
   }
 }

exercises/practice/anagram/.meta/proof.ci.js

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const normalize = (str) => str.toLowerCase().split('').sort().join();
 const sameWord = (word, candidate) =>
   word.toLowerCase() === candidate.toLowerCase();
-const isAnagram = (word, candiate) => normalize(word) === normalize(candiate);
+const isAnagram = (word, candidate) => normalize(word) === normalize(candidate);
 
 export const findAnagrams = (subject, candidates) => {
   const wordsCopy = Array.isArray(candidates) ? candidates : [...candidates];

exercises/practice/bowling/bowling.spec.js

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ describe('Bowling', () => {
       expect(bowling.score()).toEqual(81);
     });
 
-    xtest('a strike in the last frame gets a two roll bonues that is counted once', () => {
+    xtest('a strike in the last frame gets a two roll bonuses that is counted once', () => {
       const rolls = [
         0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 10, 7, 1,
       ];

exercises/practice/change/.meta/proof.ci.js

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export class Change {
       });
     };
 
-    // is everthing searched?
+    // is everything searched?
     const isDone = () =>
       candidates.every(
         (candidate) => isNumber(candidate) || candidate.isSearched()
@@ -83,12 +83,12 @@ export class Change {
         (candidate) => !isNumber(candidate) && !candidate.isSearched()
       );
 
-    // for the candidate, generate another candate for each of the possible coins
+    // for the candidate, generate another candidate for each of the possible coins
     const branch = (current) => {
       coinArray.forEach((coin) => {
         // make a new Candidate for coin type
         const candidate = new Candidate();
-        // copy the curent coins into it and add the new coin type
+        // copy the current coins into it and add the new coin type
         current.getCoins().forEach((currentCoin) => {
           candidate.addCoin(currentCoin);
         });

exercises/practice/linked-list/.docs/instructions.append.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Your list must also implement the following interface:
 
-- `delete` (delete the first occurence of a specified value)
+- `delete` (delete the first occurrence of a specified value)
 - `count` (count the number of items in the list)
 
 **NOTE**: Do _not_ use a library to implement this exercise. Do _not_ use a backing array to implement this exercise.

exercises/practice/linked-list/linked-list.spec.js

@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ describe('LinkedList', () => {
     expect(list.count()).toBe(1);
   });
 
-  xtest('deletes only the first occurence', () => {
+  xtest('deletes only the first occurrence', () => {
     const list = new LinkedList();
     list.push(73);
     list.push(9);

exercises/practice/proverb/proverb.spec.js

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ And all for the want of a nail.`
     );
   });
 
-  xtest('the whole proveb', () => {
+  xtest('the whole proverb', () => {
     const result = proverb(
       'nail',
       'shoe',

reference/exercise-concepts/beer-song.md

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 - **duck typing**: using duck typing whenever methods or properties of String or Array objects are called
 - **arithmetic operators**: using '-' operator for computing number of verses/bottles in different contexts.
   Using '--' operator inside the for statement
-- **comparision operators**: using '>' operator to test if the number of verses inside the array is larger than 0
+- **comparison operators**: using '>' operator to test if the number of verses inside the array is larger than 0
 
 ## Using a switch statement
 

reference/implementing-a-concept-exercise.md

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ github/exercism
 
 The configuration files may be copied from another exercise. We aim to keep these in sync:
 
-> ⚠ Just like with _practice_ exericses, we will provide a script for you to run. This script needs to be updated from its v2 version, which has not yet been done.
+> ⚠ Just like with _practice_ exercises, we will provide a script for you to run. This script needs to be updated from its v2 version, which has not yet been done.
 
 - `.eslintrc`
 - `.gitignore`

reference/keywords/export.md

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ module.exports = {
 
 ## Where to use
 
-The `export` keyword, just like `import`, can only be used in a module, which means it has to be run in [Node.js][node-js], transpiled by [babel][babel] or therelike or be used in a [file included in the browser directly][es-modules-in-browser] using `<script type="module" src="…">`.
+The `export` keyword, just like `import`, can only be used in a module, which means it has to be run in [Node.js][node-js], transpiled by [babel][babel] or similar, or be used in a [file included in the browser directly][es-modules-in-browser] using `<script type="module" src="…">`.
 
 ## Further reading
 

reference/keywords/import.md

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ This was the primarily way of importing modules in Node.js, but current versions
 
 ## Where to use
 
-The `import` keyword, just like `export`, can only be used in a module, which means it has to be run in [Node.js][node-js], transpiled by [babel][babel] or therelike or be used in a [file included in the browser directly][es-modules-in-browser] using `<script type="module" src="…">`.
+The `import` keyword, just like `export`, can only be used in a module, which means it has to be run in [Node.js][node-js], transpiled by [babel][babel] or similar, or be used in a [file included in the browser directly][es-modules-in-browser] using `<script type="module" src="…">`.
 
 ## Further reading
 

scripts/pr-check

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  * This will run following checks:
  * 1. Find the exercises at all the paths provided
- * 2. Check stub existance for those exercises
+ * 2. Check stub existence for those exercises
  * 3. Check integrity of configuration for those exercises
  * 4. Run eslint for those exercises to check code-style
  */