Company
Date Published
Author
Temitope Oyedele
Word count
2838
Language
English
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None

Summary

Micro frontends, a concept derived from microservices, enable teams to work independently on different parts of a website, increasing flexibility and allowing for the combination of components built with various frameworks or libraries. This approach facilitates independent deployments, where each component can have its own CI/CD pipeline, and encourages the formation of autonomous teams with full control over their deliverables. Maintenance and bug fixes are simplified due to smaller, decoupled units, while tech stack freedom allows teams to employ different technologies for different components. The tutorial demonstrates the use of module federation, a technique for sharing code between applications, to create a micro frontend project with Strapi, an open-source headless CMS, as the backend. Two separate applications were developed: one for the header and another for the content, showcasing how different teams can contribute to different sections of a website. This setup exemplifies how changes in one part do not affect others, promoting a modular and scalable development approach.