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.‎

• Author‎:‎ Paul Redmond
• Publisher‎:‎ Apress
• ISBN‎:‎ 9781484221860