docs: enhance contributing guidelines to be more accessible #143
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What was the problem/requirement? (What/Why)
The contributing and development guidelines in this repository could benefit from an improvement pass to make workflows, expectations, and intentions clearer.
What was the solution? (How)
Rework/refactor the CONTRIBUTING.md, DEVELOPMENT.md, GitHub issue templates, and pull request template with the goal of improving understandability to those not familiar with the code base, hatch-based workflows, GitHub pull request workflows, and our use of conventional commits.
What is the impact of this change?
The hope is that the development and contribution process should be much clearer for everyone.
How was this change tested?
N/A
Was this change documented?
It is documentation, so yes.
Is this a breaking change?
No.
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