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Do micro frontends make the ‘plug and play’ concept real for mobile development?
No, but they imitate the concept in a very realistic manner.
By now, there is no approach in mobile development that allows using the ‘plug and
play’ concept. A new/updated feature can be introduced to the user only after the whole
application was downloaded repeatedly and installed on the user’s device. Nevertheless, it
can be developed as a multi-section entity. Due to the changes in the development process,
the micro frontend benets become available to us, although mobile applications still
continue to be deployed as monoliths.
This new approach opens up a whole lot of benets that businesses will perceive in a
relatively short time perspective. We recommend micro frontends to our banking and
nance clients willing to become more exible and client-oriented.
Mind that this architecture will impose higher qualication requirements mainly for the
project leaders (tech leads, architects, senior developers). Additionally, despite running
autonomously, the teams should cooperate as a single whole, which will require certain
delivery workow modications.
Thus, a to-do list before the project start will include:
• Comprehensive system audit
Is your application going to grow fast soon? What are your scalability requirements?
• Team revision
Check out which skills your team has and which ones should be replenished.
• Workow modication
Revise your workows and make necessary modications to enable autonomous teams
running. At the same time, pay attention to the teams communication and knowledge
sharing.
Micro frontends are a new promising movement in the mobile development industry. Despite
the implementation diculties, its benets make it a great option for the market players that
seek ultimate exibility. If you are among them, don’t hesitate to give micro frontends a try.
How to move your Mobile Banking App into micro frontend?
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