1 What are micro frontends?

This chapter covers:

  • Discovering what micro frontends are
  • Comparing the micro frontends approach to other architectures
  • Pointing out the importance of scaling frontend development
  • Recognizing the challenges that this architecture introduces

I’ve worked as a software developer on many projects over the last 15 years. In this time, I’ve had multiple chances to observe a pattern that repeats itself throughout our industry: working with a handful of people on a new project feels fantastic. Every developer has an overview of all functionality. Features get built quickly. Discussing topics with your coworkers is straightforward. This changes when the project’s scope and the team size increases. Suddenly one developer ...

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