Overview
- A first to market book on the Lumen micro-framework, part of the Laravel PHP framework family
- Deals with growing, popular microservices as well as REST and web services
- Includes test driven development
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About this book
Learn to write test-driven microservices, REST APIs, and web service APIs with PHP using the Lumen micro-framework, from the now popular Laravel family. This book shows you how testing APIs can help you write bullet-proof web application services and microservices.
In the Lumen Programming Guide you will learn how to use Lumen—a micro-framework by Laravel—to write bullet-proof APIs. Lumen helps you write productive, maintainable APIs using modern application design. You will learn how to write fully-tested APIs and understand essential Lumen concepts used to build a solid foundation for writing API projects.
What You Will Learn
- Maintain your API's database structure through built-in database migrations
- Write tests with factory data in a test database
- Respond with consistent data output in JSON
- Deal with PHP exceptions by using JSON responses
- Create, read, update, and delete REST resources
- Represent model associations in API responses
- Build a solid foundation for writing tests with PHPUnit and Mockery
- Validate data
Who This Book Is For
PHP developers with no Laravel experience. Only a basic understanding of HTTP and writing PHP applications is needed to get started.
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Paul Redmond is a web developer writing highly available applications powered by PHP, JavaScript, and RESTful Web Services.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Lumen Programming Guide
Book Subtitle: Writing PHP Microservices, REST and Web Service APIs
Authors: Paul Redmond
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-2187-7
Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA
eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Apress Access Books, Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Copyright Information: Paul Redmond 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4842-2186-0Published: 24 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4842-2187-7Published: 23 September 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 247
Number of Illustrations: 48 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: Web Development, Programming Techniques, Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters