Fixes based on first proof reading by publisher.

- Turning 'data set' into 'dataset'
- Cover image
- 'self taught' => 'self-taught'
- Turning 'e.g.' without a comma into 'e.g.,'
- 'behaviour' (British) => 'behavior' (Simplified)
- Removing stray backquote
- Changing verb inflection
- Remove duplicate 'and'
- 'show' => 'shown'
- 'create' => 'creates'
- 'mixed' => 'mix'
- Inserting missing 'to'
- Removing incomplete sentence
- Changing phrase to remove specific year
- 'a' => 'an'
- Turning semi-colon into comma
- Removing word to make line justify
- Inserting Oxford comma
- Combining sentences
- Fixing double possessive
- 'definite' => 'definitive'
- 'sorceror' => 'sorcerer'
- Adding missing word in glossary definition
- Getting verb inflection right
- Full stop at end of definition
- Verb inflection
- Removing stray 'the'
- Verb inflection
- Inserting subject for sentence
- Pluralizing
- inserting 'the'

Author: gvwilson

basics.tex

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ \section{Basic Data Types}\label{s:basics-data-types}
 \emph{not} a function:
 we apply it to something by typing a space followed by
 the name of the thing we'd like to check the type of,
-e.g. \texttt{typeof dress}, as opposed to \texttt{typeof(dress)}.)
+e.g., \texttt{typeof dress} as opposed to \texttt{typeof(dress)}.)
 We use it alongside \texttt{const} below,
 which itself is helpful when we want to give a name to a
 \gref{g:constant}{constant} value:
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ \section{Functions}\label{s:basics-functions}
 provided as an \gref{g:argument}{argument} to the function:
 if \texttt{values} has no length---i.e.,
 it does not consist of multiple entries---the function returns \texttt{[undefined,undefined]}.
-(We will address the rationale behind this behaviour in the exercises.)
+(We will address the rationale behind this behavior in the exercises.)
 
 \begin{minted}{js}
   if (!values.length) {

book.bib

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ @book{Foge2005
   publisher = {O'Reilly Media},
   isbn = {0596007590},
   link = {http://producingoss.com/},
-  note = {The definite guide to managing open source software development projects.}
+  note = {The definitive guide to managing open source software development projects.}
 }
 
 @article{Free1972,

callbacks.tex

@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ \section{Exercises}\label{s:callbacks-exercises}
 
 \begin{itemize}
 \item
-  The \texttt{date} field is replaced with just the `year.
+  The \texttt{date} field is replaced with just the year.
 \item
   Only observations of female animals are retained.
 \item

capstone.tex

@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ \section{The Tables}\label{s:capstone-tables}
 
 We will display survey stats as tables,
 with a paragraph fallback when there's no data.
-First, we display summary statistics for the whole data set
+First, we display summary statistics for the whole dataset
 (as returned by the \texttt{GET /survey/stats} query we wrote a handler for earlier)
 as a table at the top of the page.
 (Again, we need parentheses around the HTML fragment so that it will parse properly.)
@@ -801,8 +801,9 @@ \section{Exercises}\label{s:capstone-exercises}
   if the range of years requested is invalid
 \item
   Compare your implementation to someone else's.
-  Did you define ``invalid'' in the same way?
-  I.e., will your programs always return the same status codes for every query?
+  Did you define ``invalid'' in the same way,
+  i.e.,
+  will your programs always return the same status codes for every query?
 \end{enumerate}
 
 \exercise{Adding More Tests}

collab.tex

@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ \section{Licensing Software}\label{s:collab-software}
 We recommend the MIT license:
 it places the fewest restrictions on future action,
 it can be made stricter later on,
-and the last thirty years shows that it's good enough to keep work open.
+and the last thirty years show that it's good enough to keep work open.
 
 \section{Licensing Data and Documentation}\label{s:collab-datadocs}
 

dataforge.tex

@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ \section{Exercises}\label{s:dataforge-exercises}
 \exercise{Revisiting Data Manipulation}
 
 Back in the chapter on data manipulation,
-we aggregated \texttt{surveys.csv} to find the minimum, maximum and average values 
+we aggregated \texttt{surveys.csv} to find the minimum, maximum, and average values 
 for \texttt{year}, \texttt{hindfoot\_length}, and \texttt{weight}.
 Repeat this exercise using the methods of \texttt{data-forge}.
 

dataman.tex

@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ \section{Data Manager}\label{s:dataman-manager}
 so we have to conform to their signature.
 
 After some thought we realize that it's possible for \texttt{subset} to be empty---i.e.,
-it's possible that there are years that have no data in our data set.
+it's possible that there are years that have no data in our dataset.
 We should filter these out,
 to prevent unnecessary effort being made to render summary statistics
 with \texttt{NaN} values.\index{NaN@\texttt{NaN} (Not a Number)}

db.tex

@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ \section{Starting Point}\label{s:db-start}
 \texttt{getAll} was called,
 and the result is an array of objects,
 one per record,
-whose names are the derived in an obvious way from the names of the columns.
+whose names are derived in an obvious way from the names of the columns.
 
 \section{In-Memory Database}\label{s:db-in-memory}
 
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ \section{Testing}\label{s:db-testing}
 we define the expected result,
 create an entirely new database in memory,
 and then call the method being tested,
-passing it the fixture and the callback that will receives results.
+passing it the fixture and the callback that will receive results.
 That callback uses \texttt{assert} to check results
 and \texttt{done} to signal that the test has completed.
 
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ \section{Updating the Database}\label{s:db-mutate}
 and an empty list of rows is passed to the action callback
 (since adding and deleting don't return anything).
 Testing involves a little more typing,
-since want to check that the database is in the right state after the operation:
+since we want to check that the database is in the right state after the operation:
 
 \begin{minted}{js}
 // ...imports as before...
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ \section{Exercises}\label{s:db-exercises}
 \exercise{More Filtering}
 
 The SQL query encapsulated in the variable below can be used to
-find all workshop whose duration falls within a range.
+find all workshops whose duration falls within a range.
 
 \begin{minted}{js}
 const Q_WORKSHOP_DURATION_RANGE = `
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ \section{Exercises}\label{s:db-exercises}
 and I should be ashamed of having done it.
 The right thing to do is to \gref{g:throw}{throw}
 an \gref{g:exception}{exception}
-that main program can \gref{g:catch}{catch}
+that the main program can \gref{g:catch}{catch}
 and handle however it wants.
 
 \begin{enumerate}

dynamic.tex

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ \section{Hello, World}\label{s:dynamic-hello}
 When our script runs,
 React will put the HTML it generates into this \texttt{div}.
 
-The script itself create an \texttt{h1} with the text ``Hello, React'' using \texttt{React.DOM.h1},
+The script itself creates an \texttt{h1} with the text ``Hello, React'' using \texttt{React.DOM.h1},
 then finds the document element whose ID is \texttt{"app"}
 and uses \texttt{ReactDOM.render} to insert the former into the latter.
 This alters the representation of the page in memory,
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ \section{JSX}\label{s:dynamic-jsx}
 
 Along with the two React libraries,
 this page includes a tool called \hreffoot{https://babeljs.io/}{Babel}\index{Babel}
-to translate a mixed of HTML and JavaScript into pure JavaScript.
+to translate a mix of HTML and JavaScript into pure JavaScript.
 To trigger translation,
 we add the attribute \texttt{type="text/babel"} to the \texttt{script} tag.
 
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ \section{Developing with Parcel}\label{s:dynamic-parcel}
 The browser will try to load the required files when those statements run,
 but who is going to serve them?
 
-The solution is use a \gref{g:bundler}{bundler} to combine everything into one big file,
+The solution is to use a \gref{g:bundler}{bundler} to combine everything into one big file,
 and to run a \gref{g:local-server}{local server} to preview our application during development.
 However,
 this solution brings with it another problem:

finale.tex

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ \chapter{Finale}\label{s:finale}
 or \hreffoot{https://github.com/software-tools-in-javascript/js4ds/pulls}{submit a pull request}
 in \hreffoot{https://github.com/software-tools-in-javascript/js4ds/}{our GitHub repository}.
 Everyone whose work is incorporated will be acknowledged.
-Please see the contributors's guide for more information,
+Please see the contributors' guide for more information,
 and please note that all contributors are required to abide by
 our Code of Conduct.
 

glossary.tex

@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ \chapter{Glossary}\label{s:gloss}
 \gitem{g:client}{client}
 A program such as a browser that sends requests to a \grefcross{g:server}{server} and
 does something with the response. It is sometimes helpful to think of clients
-as sorcerors petitioning ancient gods for favors. Sometimes.
+as sorcerers petitioning ancient gods for favors. Sometimes.
 
 \gitem{g:client-page-gen}{client-side page generation}
 To create an HTML page within a \grefcross{g:client}{client} using data provided by a
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ \chapter{Glossary}\label{s:gloss}
 A user-defined ``tag'' associated with a call to a function that generates HTML.
 
 \gitem{g:condition}{condition}
-The logical test that controls whether or not the \grefcross{g:body-statement}
+The logical test that controls whether or not the \grefcross{g:body-statement}{body}
 of an \texttt{if} statement executes or not.
 
 \gitem{g:constructor}{constructor}
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ \chapter{Glossary}\label{s:gloss}
 \grefcross{g:seed}{seed}.
 
 \gitem{g:cc-0}{public domain license (CC-0)}
-A license that allow people to re-use material however they want
+A license that allows people to re-use material however they want
 with no restrictions and no requirement of attribution.
 
 \gitem{g:race-condition}{race condition}
@@ -743,9 +743,10 @@ \chapter{Glossary}\label{s:gloss}
 
 \gitem{g:url}{URL}
 A multi-part identifier that specifies something on a computer network. A URL
-may contain a protocol (such as \texttt{http}), a hostname (such as \texttt{example.com}), a
-port (such as \texttt{80}), a path (such as \texttt{/homepage.html}), and \grefcross{g:query-parameter}{query
-parameters}
+may contain a protocol (such as \texttt{http}), a hostname (such as \texttt{example.com}),
+a port (such as \texttt{80}),
+a path (such as \texttt{/homepage.html}),
+and \grefcross{g:query-parameter}{query parameters}.
 
 \gitem{g:utf-8}{UTF-8}
 A way to store the numeric codes representing Unicode characters in memory

htmlcss.tex

@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ \section{Tables}\label{s:htmlcss-tables}
 
 \section{Links}\label{s:htmlcss-links}
 
-Links to other pages are what makes HTML hypertext.\index{link!in HTML page}
+Links to other pages are what make HTML hypertext.\index{link!in HTML page}
 Confusingly,
 the element used to show a link is called \texttt{a}.
 The text inside the element is displayed and (usually) highlighted for clicking.

interactive.tex

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ \chapter{Interactive Sites}\label{s:interactive}
 
 \begin{enumerate}
 \item
-  Its constructor passes the properties provided by the user up to \texttt{React.Component}'s constructor.
+  Its constructor passes the properties provided by the user to \texttt{React.Component}'s constructor.
   (There aren't any properties in this case,
   but there will be in future examples,
   so it's a good habit to get into.)

intro.tex

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ \section{Who You Are}\label{s:intro-personas}
 Bhadra's team is developing tools
 to detect structural similarities between proteins.
 They would like to build a browser interface to their tools
-so that people can test different algorithms on various data sets.
+so that people can test different algorithms on various datasets.
 This book will show Bhadra how to build, test, and deploy that interface.
 
 \item[Efraim]
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ \section{Who We Are}\label{s:intro-contributors}
 and her passion for data visualization brought her to the weird world of JavaScript. 
 When she isn't debugging \hreffoot{https://maya.rbind.io/}{or blogging} about code, 
 she's somewhere remote climbing large mountains. 
-She dedicates this book to her fellow self taught programmers who were told they weren't good enough
+She dedicates this book to her fellow self-taught programmers who were told they weren't good enough
 but are too driven and excited to care.
 
 \textbf{\hreffoot{https://tbyhdgs.info/}{Toby Hodges}} is a bioinformatician turned community

pages.tex

@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ \section{Bibliographic Citations}\label{s:pages-citations}
 Here,
 we are turning each link into an object whose \texttt{"node"} key has the link's DOM node as its value,
 and whose \texttt{"text"} key has the node's text,
-which we split on commas and and trim to remove leading and trailing whitespace.
+which we split on commas and trim to remove leading and trailing whitespace.
 
 But we're not done looking at this stage of our pipeline:
 
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ \section{Bibliographic Citations}\label{s:pages-citations}
 \end{minted}
 
 \noindent
-(We haven't show the output in commas because typesetting it would overflow the page
+(We haven't shown the output in commas because typesetting it would overflow the page
 and because our pseudo-HTML notation gets really confusing
 once we're showing strings containing HTML that contain strings.)
 

promises.tex

@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ \section{Promises}\label{s:promises-promises}
 
 \texttt{fs-extra.stat} will eventually produce some statistics about the file,
 but this will take a while,
-so \texttt{fs-extra.stat} returns a object of the class \texttt{Promise} right away.
+so \texttt{fs-extra.stat} returns an object of the class \texttt{Promise} right away.
 \texttt{Promise} has a method \texttt{then} that takes a callback as an argument and stores it in the promise object.
 When the \texttt{stat} call completes,
 the remembered callback is called,
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ \section{Promises}\label{s:promises-promises}
 
 \noindent
 Note that we didn't assign our Promise object to a variable in the example above.
-We can create promises on the fly if we need them only to define behaviour on
+We can create promises on the fly if we need them only to define behavior on
 successful completion/exception and won't need to refer to them again later.
 
 \figpdf{figures/promises-object-a.pdf}{Promises as Objects (after creation)}{f:promises-object-a}
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ \section{Using Promises}\label{s:promises-usage}
 \end{minted}
 
 \noindent
-The full path to Node is the first argument;
+The full path to Node is the first argument,
 the name of our script is the second,
 and all of the extra arguments provided by the users follow that.
 If we want the first of those,
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ \section{Exercises}\label{s:promises-exercises}
 \exercise{\texttt{async}, Therefore I Am}
 
 Using \texttt{async} and \texttt{await},
-convert the completed function above into an asynchronous function with the same behaviour and output.
+convert the completed function above into an asynchronous function with the same behavior and output.
 Do you find your solution easier to read and follow than the original version?
 Do you think that that is only because you wrote this version?
 

taylor-francis/cover.pdf

@@ -82,8 +82,7 @@ \section{Vega-Lite}\label{s:vis-vega-lite}
 In this case,
 we represent a two-dimensional data table as objects with explicit indices \texttt{"a"} and \texttt{"b"}.
 We have to do this because JSON (like JavaScript) doesn't have a native representation
-of two-dimensional arrays with row and column headers,
-because programmers.
+of two-dimensional arrays with row and column headers.
 
 Once we have created our spec,
 we can call \texttt{vegaEmbed} with the ID of the element that will hold the visualization,
@@ -265,7 +264,7 @@ \section{Local Installation}\label{s:vis-vega-local}
 Looking in the browser console,
 we see a message telling us that \texttt{vegaEmbed} is not a function.
 
-What we have tripped over is something that's still painful in 2019.
+What we have tripped over is a leftover from JavaScript's evolution.
 The old method of getting libraries is \texttt{require},
 and that's still what Node supports as of Version~10.9.0.
 The new standard is \texttt{import},
@@ -319,7 +318,7 @@ \section{Exercises}\label{s:vis-exercises}
 Vega-Lite can display
 \hreffoot{https://vega.github.io/vega-lite/examples/bar\_grouped.html}{grouped bar charts}
 as well as simple ones.
-Find or create a simple data set and construct a grouped bar chart.
+Find or create a simple dataset and construct a grouped bar chart.
 How impressed will your supervisor, your committee, or a future employee be
 by your chosen color scheme?