- laravel framework upgrade frpm 7.x to 8. see also: https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/upgrade#assert-exact-json-method

- use  PHP7 null coalesce operator instead of laravel optional method
- change Breadcrumbs::register method to Bredcrumbs::for method
- composer updates

app/Providers/AuthServiceProvider.php

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace App\Providers;
 
-use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Gate;
+// use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Gate;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Support\Providers\AuthServiceProvider as ServiceProvider;
 
 class AuthServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider

app/Providers/RouteServiceProvider.php

@@ -3,19 +3,30 @@ namespace App\Providers;
 
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Support\Providers\RouteServiceProvider as ServiceProvider;
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Illuminate\Cache\RateLimiting\Limit;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\RateLimiter;
 
 class RouteServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
 {
 
+        /**
+     * The path to the "home" route for your application.
+     *
+     * This is used by Laravel authentication to redirect users after login.
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    public const HOME = '/settings';
+ 
     /**
-     * This namespace is applied to the controller routes in your routes file.
+     * If specified, this namespace is automatically applied to your controller routes.
      *
      * In addition, it is set as the URL generator's root namespace.
      *
      * @var string
      */
     protected $namespace = 'App\Http\Controllers';
-    public const HOME = '/settings';
 
     /**
      * Define your route model bindings, pattern filters, etc.
@@ -25,7 +36,19 @@ class RouteServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
      */
     public function boot()
     {
-        parent::boot();
+        // parent::boot();
+        $this->configureRateLimiting();
+
+        $this->routes(function () {
+            // Route::prefix('api')
+            Route::middleware('api')
+                ->namespace($this->namespace)
+                ->group(base_path('routes/api.php'));
+
+            Route::middleware('web')
+                ->namespace($this->namespace)
+                ->group(base_path('routes/web.php'));
+        });
 
         //
     }
@@ -73,4 +96,17 @@ class RouteServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
             ->namespace($this->namespace)
             ->group(base_path('routes/api.php'));
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Configure the rate limiters for the application.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    protected function configureRateLimiting()
+    {
+        RateLimiter::for('api', function (Request $request) {
+            return Limit::perMinute(60)->by(optional($request->user())->id ?: $request->ip());
+        });
+    }
+    
 }