Episode 176: Micro Front Ends with Josh Thomas
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Recording date: March 10, 2022

John Papa @John_Papa)

Ward Bell @WardBell)

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin)

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker)

Josh Thomas @Jthoms1)

Brought to you by

- AG Grid)

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- Ionic)

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Resources:

• The World According to Jeff Goldblum, “Sneakers”)
• Greenfield applications)
• Brownfield applications)
• Micro Front Ends with Natalia Venditto on Web Rush episode 113)
• Micro Front End Architecture)
• Ionic Framework)
• Module Federation)
• More on module federation with micro front ends)
• Turning Red)
• Ionic Portals)
• Micro Frontends for Mobile)

Timejumps

• 02:06) Guest introduction
• 04:05) What is Micro Front Ends?
• 04:37) Why is it simpler?
• 06:25) What challenge or issue is this solving?
• 07:30) Is it a good option for existing projects or for new apps?
• 08:28) Sponsor: Ionic
• 09:00) What is greenfield vs brownfield?
• 11:57) What do you pass to micro front ends?
• 15:15) How do you decide when to break something apart?
• 16:48) What are some of the difficulties in doing this?
• 17:54) Sponsor: Ag Grid
• 18:53) How does this apply in the mobile web?
• 20:27) What is modular federation?
• 25:46) Does it happen for marketing reasons?
• 30:39) Final thoughts

Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions).