build: update to node v16 with npm v6 for packaging

.circleci/config.yml

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ parameters:
     default: '3.13.1'
   node-version:
     type: string
-    default: '14.16.0'
+    default: '16.13.0'
   # Constants
   cache-version:
     type: string
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ jobs:
           command: |
             [xml]$results = Get-Content junit-aggregate.xml
             $failure = $results.SelectSingleNode("//failure")
-            if ($failure -ne $null) { 
+            if ($failure -ne $null) {
               Write-Host "Forcing build failure due to test failure(s) :'("
               $host.SetShouldExit(1)
             }

.github/workflows/create-release-branch.yml

@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ on:
 jobs:
   create_branch:
     name: 'Create Branch'
-    
+
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
     - name: Setup Node.js
       uses: actions/setup-node@v1
       with:
-        node-version: '14.16.x'
+        node-version: '16.13.x'
     - name: Checkout
       uses: actions/[email protected]
       with:
@@ -43,4 +43,3 @@ jobs:
 #         -H 'Authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.SLACK_BOT_TOKEN }}' \
 #         -X POST -d "${{ github.event.client_payload.on_success }}" \
 #         https://slack.com/api/chat.update
-

.npmrc

@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
-#save exact versions of dependencies from the package.json
+# https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v8/using-npm/config
+
+# Save dependencies to package.json with an exact version rather than using npm's default semver range operator
 save-exact=true
 
-#enforces usage of the minimum node version in our .nvmrc
-engine-strict=true
+# Refuse to install (or even consider installing) any package that claims to not be compatible with the current Node.js version.
+engine-strict=true
+
+# If a package cannot be installed because of overly strict peerDependencies that collide, it provides a way to move forward resolving the situation.
+# TODO (debug):
+#   npm ERR! While resolving: [email protected]
+#   npm ERR! Found: @typescript-eslint/[email protected]
+legacy-peer-deps=true

.nvmrc

@@ -1 +1 @@
-v14.16.0
+v16.13.0

contributing/developing.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Pre-requisites
 
-1.  We are requiring Node 14 at a minimum. If you need to work with multiple versions of Node, you
+1.  We are requiring Node 16 at a minimum. If you need to work with multiple versions of Node, you
     might consider using [nvm](https://github.com/creationix/nvm).
 1.  This repository uses [Lerna](https://lernajs.io/) to manage it as a
     _monorepo_. Please install Lerna globally using `npm install --global lerna`.
@@ -208,4 +208,4 @@ The npmrc allows for project-level [configuration](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v8
 
 ### .nvmrc
 
-Our nvmrc specifies the minimimum node version required to run the project.
+Our nvmrc specifies the minimum node version required to run the project.