Restructure browserless testing docs for Spring Boot users#5233
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Restructure browserless testing docs for Spring Boot users#5233
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- Rewrite the Getting Started guide to assume Spring Boot by default, with a self-contained example that walks through key concepts (navigating, direct Java API access, testers, component queries)
- Extract content into dedicated pages: Component Testers (using built-in + building custom), Optimizing Tests (@viewpackages, @ContextConfiguration), Spring Security Testing, and rename the Spring page to Non-Spring Projects
- Fix typos and improve prose throughout the browserless testing section (index, component-query, quarkus pages)
Most Vaadin users use Spring Boot, so the getting started guide now assumes Spring Boot by default. The old Spring page becomes "Non-Spring Projects" for plain Java, and Spring Security testing content is extracted into its own page.
Restructure getting-started to explain key concepts after the first test example: direct Java API access, component testers, and finder methods. Move @viewpackages and @ContextConfiguration content to a dedicated "Optimizing Tests" page.
Remove MainLayout reference and layout boilerplate so the example compiles without extra classes in a fresh project.
Explain that package-protected fields require placing the test class in the same Java package under src/test as the view in src/main.
Move the custom testers section out of component-query.adoc into a new component-testers.adoc page (order: 18) that covers both using built-in testers and building custom ones. Add cross-reference from getting-started.
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