Shedding light on Lumen

The recent release of Lumen may have left you with the questions; "how is this different from Laravel, and should I be using it instead?"

Let's see the answers to both of these questions!

2. Request'to'public/index.php
3. bootstrap/app.php!loads!autoloader!and!config
4. ...and%enables%Eloquent%and%facades
5. ...and%can%register%the%"first"%provider
6. ...and%registers%routes
7. Routes'are'slightly'different
8. • .env"configura+on"only • Eloquent"and"facades"disabled"by"default • Suggests"a"provider,"directly"in"bootstrap/app.php • Routes"are"slightly"different
9. So#what#makes#it#faster?
10. Rou$ng'is'handled'by'FastRoute
11. FastRoute)is)fast!
12. Can$I$s'll$use$Illuminate\H,p\Request?
13. Type%hint*Illuminate\H,p\Request*or*use*a*facade
14. Config&is&simpler
15. "Stuff"&is&disabled&by&default
16. There%are%some%micro,op.miza.ons
17. !\_(
    )_/!
18. You$s&ll$have$access$to$most$things
19. Well$supported$(kind$of)
20. • h#p:/ /www.laravelpodcast.com/episodes/11108 • h#ps:/ /ma#stauffer.co/blog/introducing=lumen=from=laravel • h#ps:/ /laracasts.com/lessons/introducing=lumen • h#p:/ /lumen.laravel.com
21. Thanks @assertchris