Microfrontend Explained

Micro frontends (singular: micro frontend^[1]) is a front-end web development pattern in which a single application may be built from disparate builds. 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
• With Web Components
• With iframes

Companies that use micro frontends are Canonical, IKEA, Scania AB, Spotify, etc.^[4]

For Webpack this concept is referred to as module federation.^[5]

See also

• Microservices
• Software modernization

Notes and References

1. Web site: Micro Frontends . 2023-05-03 . martinfowler.com.
2. Web site: Contentstack: What is a micro-frontend approach? - CW Developer Network . 2022-08-29 . www.computerweekly.com.
3. Web site: Decision Strategies for a Micro Frontends Architecture . 2022-08-29 . InfoQ . en.
4. Web site: Experiences Using Micro Frontends at IKEA . 2022-08-29 . InfoQ . en.
5. Web site: Module Federation . 2022-08-29 . webpack . en.