Introducing Lumen
Lumen is a micro-framework version of the full-stack framework Laravel. In the PHP community, Laravel is a very well-known framework. So by using Lumen, we can always our project to Laravel and start using its full-stack capabilities if we have to.
Why micro-framework?
Every thing has a cost. We chose a micro-framework of a full-stack framework, because although a full-stack framework provides more features, to have those features it has to load more stuff. So provide the luxury of more features, a full-stack framework has to compromise a bit on performance as compared to a micro-framework. The micro-framework on the other hand, lets go of some features which are not required for building web services like views and so on, which makes it faster.
Why Lumen?
Lumen is not the only micro-framework in the PHP community. So why Lumen? There are three reasons for that:
- Lumen is micro-framework of Laravel, so with a little effort we can always convert it into Laravel and utilize...
