title: Start with web API/REST API
body: <p>I am in the process of creating an app (cross-platform with <a href="http://ionicframework.com/" rel="nofollow">Ionic</a> framework) and during my research about app with this framework I found the one created for <a href="https://habitrpg.com/" rel="nofollow">HabitRPG</a> and it is using an API to retrieve data, it totally suits my app as well, but I don't know where to start to create an API nor what to use.</p>
  
  <p>I allready did some quick test with <strong>Spring</strong>, <strong>NodeJS</strong> and <strong>Symfony</strong> (with <em>FOS</em>) but I'm looking for something really easy to use and to setup but still to have a lot of flexibility (like manage security, users, and data visibility).</p>
  
  <p>Is there a specific technology easy enough to start with ?</p>