title: Lumen (Laravel) V.S NODE.JS Solutions
body: <p>i need to develop an API backend that it should be :</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>robust</li>
  <li>high performance</li>
  <li>provides RESTFULL API</li>
  <li>connected to a Mysql storage: i prefer a relation db for the
  complexity</li>
  <li>only backend not also frontend framework</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>I'm undecided between :</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Lumen : i need only API service because i choose react js as frontend framework.. so i think is better lumen than laravel because i no need frontend</li>
  <li>Nodejs api solution: In this moment searching on the web i found Seals and Loopback as framework for my api backend.</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>I find discortanti opinions ... some told that php solution as Lumen is not good for performance ( see <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/2866712/php/php-vs-node-js-an-epic-battle-for-developer-mind-share.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.infoworld.com/article/2866712/php/php-vs-node-js-an-epic-battle-for-developer-mind-share.html</a> ).... and some one told that in this moment there arent reliable api backend framework in node js: seals is not good for performance and about loopback i found few comment... so i ask you what is the best choiche for performance and robust solution ..</p>