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Delivering A Mobile Backend API In Short Time For Laravel Developers
Recently I was working on a mobile app project with my friend, Steven where the user can receive location updates from friends and family. Each user will have a tracking code and a list of users with their most recent location.
The biggest challenge of this project was the timeline. We needed to deliver it within two weeks while working a day job.
However, we managed to deliver it in one weekend.
I was assigned to build the backend API for the mobile app. In this article, I’d like to share with you the key practices that I used to deliver the backend API in such a short time.
Key practices:
- Design your API before writing code
- Write API with Lumen, not Laravel
- Simplify your code by using Single Action Controllers
Design your API before writing code
When starting development, most of the inexperienced developers jump into writing code immediately.
That is a common mistake.
Without designing your API before writing code,
- You could be frustrated by the unexpected workload in the later stage
