Core: Remove handlebars usage

[ndelangen]

Closes #29167

What I did

I removed the need for / use of handlebars

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• stories
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• integration tests
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  MIGRATION.MD

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Greptile Summary

This PR removes the Handlebars dependency from Storybook, simplifying string manipulation in the codebase.

• Replaced Handlebars template with JavaScript file in code/builders/builder-webpack5/templates/virtualModuleModernEntry.js
• Updated code/builders/builder-webpack5/src/preview/virtual-module-mapping.ts to use string replacement instead of Handlebars
• Removed handlebars dependency from code/core/package.json and related utility in code/core/src/common/utils/handlebars.ts
• Eliminated code/builders/builder-webpack5/templates/virtualModuleModernEntry.js.handlebars

[greptile-apps]

LGTM

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