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 # BRAID v0.8.5
 ## Websocket server for the Measure platform
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 ## Essential Information:
 * braid uses [mocha (test framework)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/mocha), [chai (BDD/TDD assertion library)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/chai), [sinnon (spies, stubs, and mocks)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/sinon), [nyc (code coverage calculator)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/nyc) for our unit testing. Get aquainted with these packages to have a smooth unit testing experience.
 * For web sockets braid uses [ws](https://www.npmjs.com/package/ws)
-* Braid uses [typescript](https://www.npmjs.com/package/typescript) for our primary code development because of it's opinionated type management among other things. Get a good understanding of what typescript is, it's benifitsm drawbacks and dev flow
+* braid uses [typescript](https://www.npmjs.com/package/typescript) for our primary code development because of it's opinionated type management among other things. Get a good understanding of what typescript is, it's benifits, drawbacks, and dev flow
 
 ## Local Development
 * you can see if braid is running by typing in `https://ysbraid.localhost:8443`
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 token = JWT.encode payload, hmac_secret, "HS256"
 
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+* to test your changes before pushing you can run `compose test`
 
 ## Setting up
-* download the braid repo into a folder in the same director as the primary yardstick folder
+* download the braid repo into a folder in the same directory as the primary yardstick folder
 * `vagrant up` in the primary yardstick folder
 * run the command `compose stop braid && compose rm braid && tsc && compose build braid && compose up -d`
   * `compose stop` stops the default braid container that `vagrant up` builds