Chapter 1: Why Micro frontends?

Every journey needs to start somewhere. Quite often, we'll find ourselves looking for a solution to a particular problem. Knowing the problem in depth is usually part of the solution. Without a detailed understanding of the various challenges, finding a proper way to handle the situation seems impossible.

After almost three decades of web development, we've reached a point where anything is possible. The boundaries between classical desktop applications, mobile native applications, and websites have been torn apart. These days, many websites are actually web applications and provide a tool-like character.

As developers, we find ourselves in a quite difficult situation. Very often, the cognitive load to handle ...

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