[Enhancement]: Improve / update CONTRIBUTING, developer docs, etc.
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Description of Enhancement :
Update CONTRIBUTING.md, creating additional docs/developer docs as needed (e.g. #487) to make them well-organized. Consider updating pull request and issue templates as well to better reflect how we work today, versus how we did when they were all set up.
Instructions should at a minimum include how to set up your development environment so that folks are using the correct Node versions and pre-commit hooks are set up.
Why is this Needed?
We are starting to receive more contributions from folks who are new to the project, and having to provide instructions in a PR after the fact is inefficient and creates a bad first impression. It also can create a bad developer experience after changes are merged, if they are merged without docs being re-generated.