v1.0.0 - First Stable Release

[1.0.0] - 2025-04-20

Added

• Initial release of stringwise, a lightweight and efficient string similarity library written in TypeScript.
• Core functionality to:
  • 🔠 Compare two strings using bigram-based similarity and return a score between 0 and 1.
  • 🧠 Find the best match for a given string among an array of candidates based on similarity score.
• TypeScript type definitions for MatchRating and BestMatchResult.
• Validation utility isValidInput for internal input integrity checks.
• Example usage and API documentation included in the README.
• ESLint configuration for consistent code quality.
• Jest setup for unit testing all core functionalities.
• License (MIT).
• Scripts for building, testing, linting, and cleaning in package.json.

Fixed

• Handled edge cases where strings are too short (less than 2 characters) or empty.
• Removed whitespace before comparison to ensure consistent results.

Notes

• Initial release includes complete comparison and matching functionalities based on bigram similarity.
• Future updates may include advanced NLP techniques, custom scoring algorithms, and locale-aware comparisons.