As web applications grow in complexity and teams scale, traditional monolithic frontend architectures often become bottlenecks. Enter microfrontends - an architectural pattern that extends the microservices philosophy to the frontend, enabling teams to develop, deploy, and maintain user interfaces independently while creating cohesive user experiences.
Microfrontends represent an architectural approach where a frontend application is decomposed into smaller, independent applications that work together to form a cohesive user experience. Each microfrontend is owned by a different team and can be developed, tested, and deployed independently.
Think of it as having multiple mini-applications that combine to create one larger application, similar to how microservices work on the backend.