Josh Goldberg - Microfrontends at Scale

#1about 4 minutes

Understanding the problems with monolithic frontend applications

Large, aging monolithic applications suffer from slow build times, increased complexity, and code degradation over time.

#2about 2 minutes

Solving monolith problems with a microfrontend architecture

Microfrontends split a large application into smaller, independent projects to enable faster, isolated builds and deployments.

#3about 3 minutes

Routing traffic to microfrontends with edge workers

Edge computing services like Cloudflare workers can efficiently route user requests to different frontend applications based on URL paths.

#4about 5 minutes

Choosing between client-side, SSR, and static generation

Microfrontends allow you to select the optimal rendering strategy—client-side, server-side rendering (SSR), or static site generation (SSG)—for each part of your application.

#5about 1 minute

Creating a cohesive user experience with design systems

A design system provides a collection of shared visual components and standards to ensure a consistent look and feel across all microfrontend applications.

#6about 5 minutes

Organizing UI components using the atomic design methodology

Atomic design provides a clear methodology for structuring a design system by breaking down interfaces into atoms, molecules, organisms, templates, and pages.

#7about 4 minutes

Best practices for documenting a design system

Effective design systems require thorough documentation, and tools like Storybook and TypeScript can create interactive and type-safe component libraries.

#8about 4 minutes

Q&A: Maintaining consistency and choosing frameworks

This Q&A covers the challenges of coordinating design system updates and recommends frameworks like Next.js for building hybrid SSR and SSG applications.

#9about 6 minutes

Q&A: Vertical splitting, horizontal splitting, and monorepos

This Q&A explores architectural choices like vertical splitting by page versus horizontal splitting by component and discusses the benefits and complexities of using a monorepo.

#10about 8 minutes

Q&A: Managing state, component logic, and versioning

This Q&A addresses how to handle versioning, populate complex components with data, encapsulate logic, and avoid sharing state directly between microfrontends.

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