Integrating Microservices and Microfrontends: A Comprehensive Literature Review on Architecture, Design Patterns, and Implementation Challenges

Abstract

Purpose: This paper discuss the current trends in the combination of microservice and microfrontend as well as the architectural
strategies and implementation issues. The rationale for the research is thus to examine how these technologies aid the
improvement and growth of today’s web applications.
Design/Methodology/Approach: An analysis of existing literature published over the last decade of scholarly articles, articles of
industry and conference proceedings were done. Thus, the work under discussion focuses on the architecture of different
patterns, design, and tactics concerning microservices and microfrontends’ implementation. A comparative analysis was also
made to compare the benefits, disadvantage as well as the effect on performance of these integration techniques.
Findings/Results: From the analysis, it can be seen that microservices and microfrontends enhance modularity, scalability, and
maintainability of Web applications considerably. There have been certain specific complications which have rich remedies in
form of design patterns like Backend for Frontend and Server-side Composition. However, problems like enhanced difficulty
of the coordination, dependencies management, and guarantee of the proper interaction between services remain.
Originality/Value: Therefore, this paper has reviewed and presented an updated literature review of microservices and
microfrontends integration, together with the current trends for future studies. The presented survey provides useful
information for scholars interested in utilizing these architectures to advance the domain of web application design.
Paper Type: Literature Review