sync dev and main

[andybeet]

PRs into dev contained all necessary info. They have already been approved.
Please provide the information below so main can be synced with dev:

List PRs

List the PRs that were merged into dev that will be pulled into main and any issues they fix:

• PR Chore(#127): add dev guidelines #128 which fixes Add development guideline components #127

Types of changes

What types of changes does this pull request introduce? Put an x in the boxes that apply.
This will inform the new release number.

• Fix (non-breaking change which fixes a bug)
• Feature (non-breaking change which adds or changes functionality)
• Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)
• Other change (if none of the other choices apply)

Reviewer instructions

The underlying PRs should have been reviewed. Please check that the proposed merge is correct before approving.
If any checkboxes other than "Other change" have been selected please prepare the following file changes for a new release version:

• NEWS.md - add release notes
• DESCRIPTION - increment the version number according to Semantic Versioning

[BBeltz1]

good to go