REST APIs ▸ Representational State Transfer ▸ Can return XML, JSON, YAML, Markdown ▸ RAPIDLY gaining adoption over SOAP/XML-RPC ○ No need to know order of parameters
Differences Between Laravel and Lumen in Artisan Lumen’s `artisan`: ▸ No `serve` command ▸ No `key:generate` ▸ No `tinker` ▸ No `env` ▸ No `down` ▸ No `vendor:publish`
Differences in Artisan’s Make Command Lumen’s `make`: ▸ ONLY has `make:migration` ▸ No `make:model` ▸ No `make:controller` ▸ No `make:auth` + scaffolding ▸ Many more since Lumen is slimmed down
/resources ▸ Lumen and Laravel docs ○ https://lumen.laravel.com/docs/ ▸ Paul Redmond’s Book ○ https://www.apress.com/9781484221860 ▸ Build APIs You Won’t Hate by Phil Sturgeon ▸ RESTful Web APIs by Leonard Richardson, Mike Amundsen, and Sam Ruby ▸ Undisturbed REST by Mike Stowe ▸ Me!