The Big Switch

Archived previous version to switch codebase to Laravel framework for
the sake of reducing complexity to lower the barrier for entry for
potential contributers. Because easier is always better.

bootstrap/app.php

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+<?php
+
+/*
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+| Create The Application
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+|
+| The first thing we will do is create a new Laravel application instance
+| which serves as the "glue" for all the components of Laravel, and is
+| the IoC container for the system binding all of the various parts.
+|
+*/
+
+$app = new Illuminate\Foundation\Application(
+    $_ENV['APP_BASE_PATH'] ?? dirname(__DIR__)
+);
+
+/*
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+| Bind Important Interfaces
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+|
+| Next, we need to bind some important interfaces into the container so
+| we will be able to resolve them when needed. The kernels serve the
+| incoming requests to this application from both the web and CLI.
+|
+*/
+
+$app->singleton(
+    Illuminate\Contracts\Http\Kernel::class,
+    App\Http\Kernel::class
+);
+
+$app->singleton(
+    Illuminate\Contracts\Console\Kernel::class,
+    App\Console\Kernel::class
+);
+
+$app->singleton(
+    Illuminate\Contracts\Debug\ExceptionHandler::class,
+    App\Exceptions\Handler::class
+);
+
+/*
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+| Return The Application
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+|
+| This script returns the application instance. The instance is given to
+| the calling script so we can separate the building of the instances
+| from the actual running of the application and sending responses.
+|
+*/
+
+return $app;