Micro frontend

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Short description: Pattern in front-end web development


A micro frontend is an architectural pattern for web development, where independently developed frontends are composed into a greater whole.[1] It is analogous to a microservices approach but for client-side single-page applications written in JavaScript.[2] It is a solution to de-composition and routing for multiple front-end applications.[3]

Micro frontends (MFE) can be built using the following approaches:

  • With tooling such as module federation or native federation
  • With libraries such as Single-SPA or frameworks such as Piral[4]
  • With Web Components
  • With iframes

Companies that use micro frontends are Canonical, IKEA, Scania AB, Spotify, etc.[5]

For Webpack this concept is referred to as module federation.[6]

See also

References

  1. "Micro Frontends". https://martinfowler.com/articles/micro-frontends.html. 
  2. "Contentstack: What is a micro-frontend approach?". https://www.computerweekly.com/blog/CW-Developer-Network/Contentstack-What-is-a-micro-frontend-approach. 
  3. "Decision Strategies for a Micro Frontends Architecture". https://www.infoq.com/news/2020/01/strategies-micro-frontends/. 
  4. Rappl, Florian. The Art of Micro Frontends. Verzdesign Publishing. ISBN 978-1-83546-637-7.
  5. "Experiences Using Micro Frontends at IKEA". https://www.infoq.com/news/2018/08/experiences-micro-frontends/. 
  6. "Module Federation". https://webpack.js.org/concepts/module-federation/.