Tech Glossary
What is Lumen?
Lumen is a micro-framework used to create fast and scalable APIs. Lumen is built on Laravel's framework and parts of its functionality. Lumen is intended for use in micro-services and APIs. Laravel's functionality that is not found in Lumen is: -Views -Session -Cookies -Middleware The advantages of Lumen compared to other micro-frameworks are: -Lumen is built on Laravel's framwork and parts of its functionality. -Lumen is intended for use in micro-services and APIs. -Lumen has a built-in CLI that makes it easy to create new applications and micro-services.
