# Phase 2: Project Initialization

## Completed

- Laravel 12 application initialized while retaining Phase 1 documentation.
- Composer dependencies installed with a lockfile.
- Laravel Breeze Blade authentication scaffold installed.
- Livewire 3 installed and included in authenticated and guest layouts.
- Alpine.js, Tailwind, and Vite source configuration generated.
- SQLite development database and database-backed session, cache, and queue defaults.
- Private storage and modular architecture directories created.
- Browser security-header middleware registered globally.
- Health, authentication, profile, security-header, and structure tests added.

## Environment findings

- PHP: 8.2.12 (Laravel-compatible; 8.3+ remains the production recommendation)
- Database client: MariaDB 10.4.32
- Composer: workspace-local 2.10.2
- Node/npm: official Node 24.18.0 LTS archive installed under ignored `.tools` and
  checksum-verified for this workspace
- Redis: not installed

SQLite and database-backed infrastructure provide safe local fallbacks. The npm
dependency audit reported zero vulnerabilities and the production Vite bundle built
successfully. Production must use supported MySQL/MariaDB and Redis versions after
deployment validation.

## Phase boundary

This phase provides only the application foundation. Institution, campus, faculty,
department, programme, session, semester, and level models are explicitly deferred to
Phase 3. Tenant-aware roles and permissions are explicitly deferred to Phase 4.