Introduce some URL.parse() usage in the code-base
This (fairly new) static method allows parsing URLs without having to wrap `new URL(...)` calls within `try...catch` blocks, thus simplifying the code; see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/URL/parse_static
For older browsers/environments the functionality will be polyfilled, but *only* in `legacy` builds, via `core-js`; see https://github.com/zloirock/core-js?tab=readme-ov-file#url-and-urlsearchparams
*Please note:* This is currently limited to the `src/`- and `web/`-folders, such that we don't break development/testing, since the functionality is not available in all Node.js versions that we support; see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/URL/parse_static#browser_compatibility
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