# Awesome lumen [![Awesome](https://cdn.rawgit.com/sindresorhus/awesome/d7305f38d29fed78fa85652e3a63e154dd8e8829/media/badge.svg)](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome) ![](https://img.shields.io/badge/unicodeveloper-approved-brightgreen.svg)

> Curated list of resources: books, videos, articles about using Lumen ( PHP Microframework by Laravel )

*Inspired by the [awesome](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome) list thing. You might also like [awesome-tdd](https://github.com/unicodeveloper/awesome-tdd).*

*Please read the [contribution guidelines](#guidelines) before contributing.*

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## Table of Contents

- [Essentials](#essentials)
- [Tutorials](#tutorials)
- [Packages and Middleware](#packages-and-middleware)
- [Made With Lumen](#made-with-lumen)
- [Contributing](#contributing)
- [Books](#books)
- [Community](#community)

## Essentials
* [Lumen Homepage](https://lumen.laravel.com/)
* [Documentation](https://lumen.laravel.com/docs/5.2) - Lumen 5
* [GitHub Repository](https://github.com/laravel/lumen)

## Demos
 * [Lumen API demo](https://github.com/liyu001989/lumen-api-demo)

## Tutorials

### Written
* [Building a Micro Markdown API app with Lumen](http://www.sitepoint.com/building-micro-markdown-api-app-lumen/)
* [Lumen by Laravel - First tutorial](https://www.codetutorial.io/lumen-first-tutorial/)
* [Developing a web application with lumen and Mysql](http://loige.co/developing-a-web-application-with-lumen-and-mysql/)
* [Getting Started with Lumen](http://wern-ancheta.com/blog/2015/05/09/getting-started-with-lumen/)
* [Building a web app with Lumen Web Api and Oauth2 Authentication ](http://esbenp.github.io/2015/05/26/lumen-web-api-oauth-2-authentication/)
* [Build an API with Lumen and Fractal](http://laravelista.com/build-an-api-with-lumen-and-fractal/)
* [Developing a microservice with Lumen](http://goodheads.io/2015/06/19/developing-a-micro-service-with-lumen/)
* [Json Web token authentication for Lumen](https://laravelista.com/posts/json-web-token-authentication-for-lumen)
* [Creating Your First Artisan Command in Lumen 5.5](https://www.codementor.io/seyiadeleke42/creating-your-first-artisan-command-in-lumen-5-5-cvi59gmgl)

### Videos
* [Introducing Lumen by Taylor Otwell](https://laracasts.com/lessons/introducing-lumen)
* [Zero to API with Lumen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZetUes4lygA)
* [Building a Bookings API with Lumen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oENnw5BxKvA)
* [Lumen 5.1 and Homestead of Laravel: Create a RESTful API](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV7rmvPJZQk)
* [Building APIs with Lumen by Oz Brignoni](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=br2O_WDXaKk)
* [Lumen Restful API and Homestead](https://www.udemy.com/lumen-restful-api-and-homestead-for-lumen-by-laravel-and-php/)


## Packages and Middleware
* [Lumen Cors](https://github.com/vluzrmos/lumen-cors) - A simple lumen CORS
* [Alternative Lumen Cors](https://github.com/palanik/lumen-cors) - CORS Middleware for Lumen micro-framework
* [Phpspec Lumen](https://github.com/pmartelletti/phpspec-lumen) - Test your Lumen app with phpspec
* [Understand Lumen](https://github.com/understand/understand-lumen) - Laravel Lumen service provider for Understand.io
* [Badge Poser](https://github.com/vluzrmos/laravel-badge-poser) - Lumen Badge Generator
* [Cors Illuminate](https://github.com/neomerx/cors-illuminate) - CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing) support for Laravel and Lumen
* [Jwt Artisan](https://github.com/generationtux/jwt-artisan) - JWT auth for Laravel and Lumen
* [Facebook SDK](https://github.com/SammyK/LaravelFacebookSdk) - Facebook SDK for Laravel and Lumen
* [Lumen Generators](https://github.com/webNeat/lumen-generators) - A collection of generators for Lumen and Laravel 5.
* [Dingo API](https://github.com/dingo/api) - A RESTful API package for the Laravel and Lumen frameworks.
* [Lumen Tinker](https://github.com/vluzrmos/lumen-tinker) - An interactive shell to Lumen framework
* [Lumen Maintenance Mode](https://github.com/rdehnhardt/lumen-maintenance-mode) - Define Lumen Application Maintenance Mode
* [Lumen Vendor Publish](https://github.com/laravelista/lumen-vendor-publish) - Vendor publish command for Lumen framework.
* [Lumen Make](https://github.com/michaelbonds/lumen-make) - Ports most of the make commands from Laravel to Lumen. 
* [Lumen File Manager](https://github.com/nordsoftware/lumen-file-manager) - File manager module for the Lumen PHP framework.
* [Lumen 5.2 HTTP Basic Auth Guard](https://github.com/arubacao/http-basic-auth-guard) - Brings back basic authentication for Lumen 5.2.
* [Larasupport](https://github.com/irazasyed/larasupport) - Adds Laravel Packages Support to Lumen and Other Helpers.
* [REST API With Lumen](https://github.com/hasib32/rest-api-with-lumen) - A RESTful API boilerplate for Lumen micro-framework.
* [Lumen Passport](https://github.com/dusterio/lumen-passport) - Making Laravel Passport work with Lumen.


## Made With Lumen
* [Slack Invitator](https://github.com/vluzrmos/lumen-slackin) - A Slack Invitator made with Lumen Framework
* [Email Microservice](https://github.com/rlacerda83/lumen-email-microservice) - Microservice for sending emails with Lumen
* [Lissandra](https://github.com/laravelista/Lissandra) - API for Laracasts Feed built with Lumen.
* [Lumen Solder](https://github.com/TechnicPack/LumenSolder) - An implementation of Solder in Laravel's Lumen Framework.
* [Lumen Microservices Skeleton](https://github.com/FabrizioCafolla/microservice-lumen) - Skeleton structure for Microservices with Docker and Lumen

## Books
* [Writing APIs with Lumen](https://leanpub.com/lumen-apis)
* [Lumen Programming Guide: Writing PHP Microservices, REST and Web Service APIs](https://www.amazon.com/Lumen-Programming-Guide-Writing-Microservices/dp/1484221869/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1536504679&sr=8-1&keywords=lumen+programming)

## Community
* [StackOverflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/lumen)

## Tips
* Contribute some ;)


## Contributing
Found an awesome package, article, blog, video etc.? Send me a pull request! Just follow the guidelines

#### Guidelines

* Make sure what you are adding is not already on the list
* Make a separate pull request for each addition
* Use the format: `* [Name](Link) - Description if needed`
* Add it to the bottom of the section, not top or middle
* Check your spelling and grammar
* Feel free to create or improve a category
* Make sure there is no trailing whitespace
* Last, Make sure it is awesome!


## License

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This work (Awesome Lumen) is free of known copyright restrictions.