docs/development: Summarise important points experienced devs need to…

… know

Experienced developers' eyes tend to quickly glaze over when reading
developer documentation that starts with things like "how to clone a repo
from GitHub." This new section at the top briefly covers key points
specific to this project to help developers already familiar with Python
development and GitHub PRs.

This is based on my experience submitting my first PR to this project; it's
what I wish I'd had to save me some time and conversation in the PR.

docs/changelog/3197.doc.rst

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+Development: summarise important points experienced developers need to know - by :user:`0cjs`.

docs/development.rst

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 Development
 ===========
 
+Key Points
+----------
+
+If you're already experienced with submitting GitHub PRs to open-source Python projects, the following are the key
+points you need to know about this project. (If you're not, you should carefully read all the documentation after this
+section. This section contains only highlights; it's not a substitute for reading this entire file.)
+
+- Check the `style guide <#style-guide>`_ below. Particularly note that lines should be wrapped at 120 characters, not
+  the PEP-8 standard of 79. The linter will not catch short lines, but most other formatting details should be caught by
+  the tests and linting below.
+- Documentation is in `RST <https://docutils.sourceforge.io/docs/user/rst/quickref.html>`_ format; beware the
+  differences from GitHub Markdown. The tox ``docs`` and ``fix`` targets will catch only some RST errors; documentation
+  changes *must* be checked visually (see below).
+- PRs should `use multiple commits <#submitting-pull-requests>`_ to separate independent changes, refactoring,
+  reformatting, etc.
+- All PRs require a changelog entry. This should reference an issue if it closes that issue, otherwise reference the PR.
+  Create one or more (if there's more than one issue) ``docs/changelog/####.{feature,bugfix,doc,removal,misc}.rst`` per
+  the `changelog entry <#changelog-entries>`_ section below.
+- GitHub Actions will do a full set of `tests and checks <#automated-testing>`_ when the PR is submitted. For local
+  testing you'll need to install your own "top-level" tox; (using `pipx`_ or similar is fine)
+  and the following targets.
+
+  - ``tox -e py [-- PYTEST_ARGS]``  to `test code changes <#running-tests>`_. This will skip tests for which you are
+    missing dependencies, but those tests will still be run by GitHub Actions.
+  - ``tox -e type`` to typecheck changes. (All new code should have type annotations.)
+  - ``tox -e docs`` to build documentation changes and update the changelog, followed by viewing (with a browser) the
+    generated HTML files under ``.tox/docs_out/``.
+  - ``tox -e fix`` to lint code, documentation and any other changes to the repo.
+
+
 Getting started
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