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Draft: Document how to develop a new backend

Tobias Bonsen requested to merge docs_how_to_develop_a_backend into main

Explanation of changes

Adds documentation on how to develop a new backend.

Motivation of changes

We need to document the process of creating new backends to reduce the barrier for external contributions.

Merge checklist

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  • Merge request has been reviewed (in-depth by a knowledgeable contributor), and is approved by a project maintainer.
  • New code is covered by unit tests (or N/A).
  • New code is documented and docstrings use numpydoc format (or N/A).
  • New functionality: considered making private instead of extending public API (or N/A).
  • Public API changed: added @deprecated (or N/A).
  • Tested on hardware (or N/A).
  • CHANGELOG.md and AUTHORS.md have been updated (or N/A).
  • Windows tests in CI pipeline pass (manually triggered by maintainers before merging).

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Edited by Tobias Bonsen

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