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World Congress 2026 Europe • Jul 9, 2026 • Session details

Microfrontends: Lessons Learned from Growing a Design System and Shared Libraries Across 20+ teams

Erasmo Hernandez

Microfrontends eliminate monolithic delivery bottlenecks. Yet, they introduce massive distributed consistency challenges. Learn to scale shared components across autonomous teams without breaking trust or shipping blind.

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#1 about 11 min

Transitioning from graphic design to large scale frontend architecture

How early experiences with design tools and Flash shape a detailed approach to modern developer experience.

#2 about 3 min

Bottlenecks of scaling monolithic frontend architectures

Expanding a monolithic repository to hundreds of developers introduces severe merge conflicts and deployment blockers.

#3 about 3 min

Advantages of adopting micro frontend architectural patterns

Decoupling frontends into isolated repositories grants teams autonomy and simplifies rollbacks without blocking global deployments.

#4 about 3 min

Handling sensitive user authentication across distributed micro frontends

Distributing a shared login mechanism maintains continuous session states and secures sensitive user data across repository boundaries.

#5 about 4 min

Standardizing component libraries and frontend dependency versions

Forming dedicated design and structural teams helps synchronize UI components and state management libraries organization-wide.

#6 about 5 min

Executing targeted component updates via dependency tracking

Using repository installation metrics enables focused communication with specific consumer teams instead of broadcasting global updates.

#7 about 7 min

Preventing widespread outages through rigorous testing and communication

Testing component updates locally against consumer codebases and explicitly broadcasting release schedules prevents breaking dependent applications.

Matching moments

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Recapping frontend scaling patterns and distributed UI techniques

Josh Goldberg · WWC 2021

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Understanding the engineering benefits of micro-frontend architectures

Luca Mezzalira Luca Mezzalira · WWC 2022

3:55 min

Introduction to micro frontends and architectural consequences

Manfred Steyer Manfred Steyer · WWC 2021

2:11 min

Scaling development teams with micro frontend architecture

Florian Rappl · WWC 2022

2:13 min

Transitioning monolithic page structures to distributed front-end architectures

Luca Mezzalira Luca Mezzalira · WWC 2024

1:26 min

Introduction to micro frontends and platform architecture

Florian Rappl · LIVE

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