feature: add github workflow for publishing to npm (#60)

* feature: add github workflow for publishing to npm
* feature: add release docs
* fix: remove version from "package.json"

.github/workflows/publish.yaml

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+name: Publish to NPM
+run-name: Publish release ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }} to NPM
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [released] # A release was published, or a pre-release was changed to a release. https://docs.github.com/en/webhooks-and-events/webhooks/webhook-events-and-payloads?actionType=released#release
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    name: Publish to NPM
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Check Input
+        run: echo "Release Tag - ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}"
+
+      - name: Validate Tag
+        run: |
+          if [[ "${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}" =~ ^v?[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+            echo "Tag ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }} is valid"
+          else
+            echo "Tag is invalid"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Clean Tag
+        id: clean-tag
+        run: |
+          echo "::set-output name=TAG::$(grep -Eo '[^v]?[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$' <<< '${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}')"
+
+      - name: Validated Tag
+        run: echo "package.json version - ${{ steps.clean-tag.outputs.TAG }}"
+
+      - name: Setup node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version-file: ".nvmrc"
+          registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
+
+      - name: Update package.json version
+        run: |
+          tmp=$(mktemp)
+          jq '.version = "${{ steps.clean-tag.outputs.TAG }}"' ./package.json > "$tmp" && mv "$tmp" ./package.json
+
+      - name: Publish package
+        uses: JS-DevTools/npm-publish@v1
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.PLATFORM_SA_NPM_TOKEN }}
+          access: public
+          tag: "latest"

.nvmrc

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+v18.17.1

CONTRIBUTING.md

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 **IMPORTANT**: Please make sure to read through the [cla](cla.txt) file as part of opening a pull request.
 
 9. We will review the pull requests and request any necessary changes. If all the checks (linting, compilation, tests) pass and everything looks good, your code will be merged into the original repository. Congratulations, and thank you for your contribution!
+
+## Releasing
+To release the package to NPM, simply create a new GitHub release and the "Publish to NPM" GitHub action will release it to NPM.