Author: Paul Redmond Full Title: Lumen Programming Guide: Writing PHP Microservices, REST And Web Service APIs Publisher: Apress; 1st ed. edition (September 24, 2016) Year: 2016 ISBN-13: 9781484221877 (978-1-4842-2187-7), 9781484221860 (978-1-4842-2186-0) ISBN-10: 1484221877, 1484221869 Pages: 247 Language: English Genre: Web Development; Programming Techniques File type: EPUB, PDF (True) Quality: 10/10 Price: 38.47 € 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. ------------- Our members see more. Join us!