Lumen Intro

What is the point of using Lumen? I heard someone mention that it is useful for creating API, is that true?

What is the difference of building API with Lumen and normal Laravel?

Thanks in advance.

Level 33

Lumen is the lightweight version of Laravel. That's why it's faster too.

Level 1

If I need to make around 300-400 API endpoints which will be the better Lumen or Laravel

Level 20

It depends on which module you will need.

If nothing else than standard Lumen, go with it. If you have to add tons of module coming from Laravel, it will be slower than Laravel.

So take a look at what is included in "Vanilla" Lumen

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