CON-261 CON-260: Document support node v18 + update node-gyp requirements (#125) (#126)

* CON-261: Document support node v18
CON-260: Update node-gyp requirements

* CON-260: PR feedback

(cherry picked from commit eaca3ee)

Author: samuelraeburn

docs/getting_started.rst

@@ -23,11 +23,9 @@ Or the GitHub repository:
 In order to access the examples, run npm with the GitHub repository.
 
 npm uses `node-gyp <https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp>`__ to locally compile some of *Connector*'s
-dependencies. This requires Python 2.7 (it will not work with Python 3) and a relatively recent C++
-compiler (such as gcc 4.8+).
-
-On Windows systems, you can install the `Windows Build Tools <https://www.npmjs.com/package/windows-build-tools>`__,
-which include both the Visual C++ compiler and Python 2.7.
+dependencies. node-gyp requires a Python installation and a C++ compiler. Please refer
+to the `node-gyp documentation <https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#installation>`__
+for more details.
 
 For more information, see :ref:`Supported Platforms`.
 

docs/release_notes.rst

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Release Notes
 Supported Platforms
 -------------------
 
-*Connector* works with Node.js v17. It can also be used with
+*Connector* works with Node.js v17-18. It can also be used with
 Node.js versions 10.20.x through 13.x.x, except for versions
 11.x.x and 12.19.x [#f1]_.