Migrate to Laravel 5.3

app/Providers/AuthServiceProvider.php

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace App\Providers;
 
-use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Access\Gate as GateContract;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Gate;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Support\Providers\AuthServiceProvider as ServiceProvider;
 
 class AuthServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
@@ -19,12 +19,11 @@ class AuthServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
     /**
      * Register any application authentication / authorization services.
      *
-     * @param  \Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Access\Gate  $gate
      * @return void
      */
-    public function boot(GateContract $gate)
+    public function boot()
     {
-        $this->registerPolicies($gate);
+        $this->registerPolicies();
 
         //
     }

app/Providers/BroadcastServiceProvider.php

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Providers;
+
+use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Broadcast;
+
+class BroadcastServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
+{
+    /**
+     * Bootstrap any application services.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function boot()
+    {
+        Broadcast::routes();
+
+        /*
+         * Authenticate the user's personal channel...
+         */
+        Broadcast::channel('App.User.*', function ($user, $userId) {
+            return (int) $user->id === (int) $userId;
+        });
+    }
+}

app/Providers/EventServiceProvider.php

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace App\Providers;
 
-use Illuminate\Contracts\Events\Dispatcher as DispatcherContract;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Event;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Support\Providers\EventServiceProvider as ServiceProvider;
 
 class EventServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
@@ -21,12 +21,11 @@ class EventServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
     /**
      * Register any other events for your application.
      *
-     * @param  \Illuminate\Contracts\Events\Dispatcher  $events
      * @return void
      */
-    public function boot(DispatcherContract $events)
+    public function boot()
     {
-        parent::boot($events);
+        parent::boot();
 
         //
     }

app/Providers/RouteServiceProvider.php

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace App\Providers;
 
-use Illuminate\Routing\Router;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Support\Providers\RouteServiceProvider as ServiceProvider;
 
 class RouteServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
@@ -22,22 +22,23 @@ class RouteServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
      * @param  \Illuminate\Routing\Router  $router
      * @return void
      */
-    public function boot(Router $router)
+    public function boot()
     {
         //
 
-        parent::boot($router);
+        parent::boot();
     }
 
     /**
      * Define the routes for the application.
      *
-     * @param  \Illuminate\Routing\Router  $router
      * @return void
      */
-    public function map(Router $router)
+    public function map()
     {
-        $this->mapWebRoutes($router);
+        $this->mapWebRoutes();
+
+        $this->mapApiRoutes();
 
         //
     }
@@ -47,15 +48,33 @@ class RouteServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
      *
      * These routes all receive session state, CSRF protection, etc.
      *
-     * @param  \Illuminate\Routing\Router  $router
      * @return void
      */
-    protected function mapWebRoutes(Router $router)
+    protected function mapWebRoutes()
     {
-        $router->group([
-            'namespace' => $this->namespace, 'middleware' => 'web',
+        Route::group([
+            'middleware' => 'web',
+            'namespace' => $this->namespace,
         ], function ($router) {
-            require app_path('Http/routes.php');
+            require base_path('routes/web.php');
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Define the "api" routes for the application.
+     *
+     * These routes are typically stateless.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    protected function mapApiRoutes()
+    {
+        Route::group([
+            'middleware' => 'api',
+            'namespace' => $this->namespace,
+            'prefix' => 'api'
+        ], function ($router) {
+            require base_path('routes/api.php');
         });
     }
 }