docs: update readme

README.md

@@ -89,13 +89,13 @@
 - `TRACE` - Performs a message loop-back test along the path to the target resource
 - `<custom>` - Some APIs use custom request methods such as `LIST`. Type in your custom methods.
 
-🌈 **Make it yours:** Customizable combinations for background, foreground and accent colors — [customize now](https://hoppscotch.io/settings).
+🌈 **Make it yours:** Customizable combinations for background, foreground, and accent colors — [customize now](https://hoppscotch.io/settings).
 
 **Theming**
 
-- Choose theme: System (default), Light, Dark and Black
-- Choose accent color: Green (default), Teal, Blue, Indigo, Purple, Yellow, Orange, Red and Pink
-- Distraction free Zen mode
+- Choose a theme: System (default), Light, Dark, and Black
+- Choose accent color: Green (default), Teal, Blue, Indigo, Purple, Yellow, Orange, Red, and Pink
+- Distraction-free Zen mode
 
 _Customized themes are synced with cloud / local session_
 
@@ -120,11 +120,11 @@ _Customized themes are synced with cloud / local session_
 
 🔌 **WebSocket:** Establish full-duplex communication channels over a single TCP connection.
 
-📡 **Server Sent Events:** Receive a stream of updates from a server over a HTTP connection without resorting to polling.
+📡 **Server-Sent Events:** Receive a stream of updates from a server over an HTTP connection without resorting to polling.
 
 🌩 **Socket.IO:** Send and Receive data with SocketIO server.
 
-🦟 **MQTT:** Subscribe and Publish to topics of a MQTT Broker.
+🦟 **MQTT:** Subscribe and Publish to topics of an MQTT Broker.
 
 🔮 **GraphQL:** GraphQL is a query language for APIs and a runtime for fulfilling those queries with your existing data.
 
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ _Customized themes are synced with cloud / local session_
 - Query schema
 - Get query response
 
-🔐 **Authorization:** Allows to identify the end user.
+🔐 **Authorization:** Allows to identify the end-user.
 
 - None
 - Basic
@@ -149,10 +149,10 @@ _Customized themes are synced with cloud / local session_
 📃 **Request Body:** Used to send and receive data via the REST API.
 
 - Set `Content Type`
-- FormData, JSON and many more
+- FormData, JSON, and many more
 - Toggle between key-value and RAW input parameter list
 
-👋 **Response:** Contains the status line, headers and the message/response body.
+👋 **Response:** Contains the status line, headers, and the message/response body.
 
 - Copy response to clipboard
 - Download response as a file
@@ -163,22 +163,22 @@ _Customized themes are synced with cloud / local session_
 
 📁 **Collections:** Keep your API requests organized with collections and folders. Reuse them with a single click.
 
-- Unlimited collections, folders and requests
+- Unlimited collections, folders, and requests
 - Nested folders
-- Export and import as file or GitHub gist
+- Export and import as a file or GitHub gist
 
 _Collections are synced with cloud / local session storage_
 
 🌐 **Proxy:** Enable Proxy Mode from Settings to access blocked APIs.
 
 - Hide your IP address
-- Fixes [`CORS`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS) (Cross Origin Resource Sharing) issues
+- Fixes [`CORS`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS) (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing) issues
 - Access APIs served in non-HTTPS (`http://`) endpoints
-- Use your own Proxy URL
+- Use your Proxy URL
 
 _Official proxy server is hosted by Hoppscotch - **[GitHub](https://github.com/hoppscotch/proxyscotch)** - **[Privacy Policy](https://docs.hoppscotch.io/privacy)**_
 
-📜 **Pre-Request Scripts β:** Snippets of code associated with a request that are executed before the request is sent.
+📜 **Pre-Request Scripts β:** Snippets of code associated with a request that is executed before the request is sent.
 
 - Set environment variables
 - Include timestamp in the request headers
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ _Official proxy server is hosted by Hoppscotch - **[GitHub](https://github.com/h
 
 > **[Read our documentation on Keyboard Shortcuts](https://docs.hoppscotch.io/features/shortcuts)**
 
-🌎 **i18n:** Experience the app in your own language.
+🌎 **i18n:** Experience the app in your language.
 
 Help us to translate Hoppscotch. Please read [`TRANSLATIONS`](TRANSLATIONS.md) for details on our [`CODE OF CONDUCT`](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md), and the process for submitting pull requests to us.
 
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ _Add-ons are developed and maintained under **[Hoppscotch Organization](https://
 - Environments
 - Settings
 
-✅ **Post-Request Tests β:** Write tests associated with a request that are executed after the request response.
+✅ **Post-Request Tests β:** Write tests associated with a request that is executed after the request's response.
 
 - Check the status code as an integer
 - Filter response headers
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ _Add-ons are developed and maintained under **[Hoppscotch Organization](https://
 🌱 **Environments** : Environment variables allow you to store and reuse values in your requests and scripts.
 
 - Unlimited environments and variables
-- Initialize through pre-request script
+- Initialize through the pre-request script
 - Export as / import from GitHub gist
 
 <details>
@@ -277,10 +277,9 @@ _Add-ons are developed and maintained under **[Hoppscotch Organization](https://
 
 ## **Usage**
 
-1. Choose `method`
-2. Enter `URL`
-3. Send request
-4. Get response
+1. Provide your API endpoint in the URL field
+2. CLick "Send" to simulate the request
+3. View the response
 
 ## **Built with**
 
@@ -295,9 +294,9 @@ _Add-ons are developed and maintained under **[Hoppscotch Organization](https://
 
 0. Update [`.env.example`](https://github.com/hoppscotch/hoppscotch/blob/main/packages/hoppscotch-app/.env.example) file found in `packages/hoppscotch-app` with your own keys and rename it to `.env`.
 
-_Sample keys only works with the [production build](https://hoppscotch.io)._
+_Sample keys only work with the [production build](https://hoppscotch.io)._
 
-### Browser based development environment
+### Browser-based development environment
 
 - [GitHub codespace](https://docs.github.com/en/codespaces/developing-in-codespaces/creating-a-codespace)
 - [Gitpod](https://gitpod.io/#https://github.com/hoppscotch/hoppscotch)
@@ -308,13 +307,13 @@ _Sample keys only works with the [production build](https://hoppscotch.io)._
 2. Install pnpm using npm by running `npm install -g pnpm`.
 3. Install dependencies by running `pnpm install` within the directory that you cloned (probably `hoppscotch`).
 4. Start the development server with `pnpm run dev`.
-5. Open development site by going to [`http://localhost:3000`](http://localhost:3000) in your browser.
+5. Open the development site by going to [`http://localhost:3000`](http://localhost:3000) in your browser.
 
 ### Docker compose
 
 1. [Clone this repo](https://help.github.com/en/articles/cloning-a-repository) with git.
-2. Run `docker-compose up`
-3. Open development site by going to [`http://localhost:3000`](http://localhost:3000) in your browser.
+2. Run `docker-compose up` within the directory that you cloned (probably `hoppscotch`).
+3. Open the development site by going to [`http://localhost:3000`](http://localhost:3000) in your browser.
 
 ## **Docker**
 
@@ -348,7 +347,7 @@ See the [`CHANGELOG`](CHANGELOG.md) file for details.
 
 ## **Authors**
 
-This project exists thanks to all the people who contribute — [make a contribution](CONTRIBUTING.md).
+This project exists thanks to all the people who contribute — [contribute](CONTRIBUTING.md).
 
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   <a href="https://github.com/hoppscotch/hoppscotch/graphs/contributors">