Micro Frontends

Summary

An architecture where a large frontend app is split into independently built, deployed and owned smaller apps, composed together at runtime — used by large orgs with many teams.

How to Learn This

1Read a case study of a company adopting micro frontends and why.
2Learn the main composition approaches: build-time, run-time (iframe/Module Federation), server-side.
3Understand this solves an org-scaling problem — most small/medium apps don't need it.

Error Boundaries

Accessibility

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Folder Structure Scalable Architecture Atomic Design Feature-based Architecture Component Library Reusable Components State Separation API Layer Caching Error Boundaries Accessibility Performance Architecture

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