docs: language & formatting improvements (#1679)

Author: henrebotha

doc/node-gyp.md

@@ -4,19 +4,19 @@ C++ code needs to be compiled into executable form whether it be as an object
 file to linked with others, a shared library, or a standalone executable.
 
 The main reason for this is that we need to link to the Node.js dependencies and
-headers correctly, another reason is that we need a cross platform way to build
+headers correctly. Another reason is that we need a cross-platform way to build
 C++ source into binary for the target platform.
 
-Until now **node-gyp** is the **de-facto** standard build tool for writing
-Node.js addons. It's based on Google's **gyp** build tool, which abstract away
-many of the tedious issues related to cross platform building.
+**node-gyp** remains the **de-facto** standard build tool for writing
+Node.js addons. It's based on Google's **gyp** build tool, which abstracts away
+many of the tedious issues related to cross-platform building.
 
-**node-gyp** uses a file called ```binding.gyp``` that is located on the root of
+**node-gyp** uses a file called `binding.gyp` that is located in the root of
 your addon project.
 
-```binding.gyp``` file, contains all building configurations organized with a
-JSON like syntax. The most important parameter is the  **target** that must be
-set to the same value used on the initialization code of the addon as in the
+The `binding.gyp` file contains all building configurations organized with a
+JSON-like syntax. The most important parameter is the **target** that must be
+set to the same value used in the initialization code of the addon, as in the
 examples reported below:
 
 ### **binding.gyp**
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ examples reported below:
 // ...
 
 /**
-* This code is our entry-point. We receive two arguments here, the first is the
-* environment that represent an independent instance of the JavaScript runtime,
+* This code is our entry point. We receive two arguments here: the first is the
+* environment that represent an independent instance of the JavaScript runtime;
 * the second is exports, the same as module.exports in a .js file.
 * You can either add properties to the exports object passed in or create your
 * own exports object. In either case you must return the object to be used as
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Napi::Object Init(Napi::Env env, Napi::Object exports) {
 }
 
 /**
-* This code defines the entry-point for the Node addon, it tells Node where to go
+* This code defines the entry point for the Node addon. It tells Node where to go
 * once the library has been loaded into active memory. The first argument must
 * match the "target" in our *binding.gyp*. Using NODE_GYP_MODULE_NAME ensures
 * that the argument will be correct, as long as the module is built with
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ NODE_API_MODULE(NODE_GYP_MODULE_NAME, Init)
   - [Command options](https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-gyp#command-options)
   - [Configuration](https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-gyp#configuration)
 
-Sometimes finding the right settings for ```binding.gyp``` is not easy so to
-accomplish at most complicated task please refer to:
+Sometimes finding the right settings for `binding.gyp` is not easy, so to
+accomplish the most complicated tasks, please refer to:
 
 - [GYP documentation](https://gyp.gsrc.io/index.md)
-- [node-gyp wiki](https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/wiki)
+- [node-gyp wiki](https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/tree/main/docs)