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+/**
+  This view handles rendering of the core application template
+
+  @class ApplicationView
+  @extends Discourse.View
+  @namespace Discourse
+  @module Discourse
+**/
+Discourse.ApplicationView = Discourse.View.extend({
+  templateName: 'application'
+});
+
+