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World Congress 2025 • Aug 20, 2025 • Session details

The Dependency Cookbook - Recipes for Micro Frontend success

Lucas Braeschke , Stefan Bley

Are shared dependencies turning your micro frontends into a fragile monolith? Discover how to leverage browser import maps and Webpack Module Federation to completely eliminate cascading upgrade failures.

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Modularizing applications for strict healthcare compliance

Strict healthcare requirements drive the need for independent micro frontend release processes.

#2 about 2 min

The maintenance cost of forced dependency updates

Tightly coupled dependencies force business teams to sacrifice functionality for technical upgrades.

#3 about 3 min

Core reasons for sharing micro frontend dependencies

Sharing dependencies improves performance, ensures UI consistency, prevents compatibility errors, and streamlines security patching.

#4 about 2 min

Categorizing dependency complexity in micro frontend architectures

Grouping libraries based on global variable usage and runtime strictness reveals three levels of dependency complexity.

#5 about 2 min

Use cases for managing micro frontend dependency versions

A robust dependency solution must handle version fallbacks, deduplication, and patch updates without requiring full redeployments.

#6 about 4 min

Using native browser import maps for dependency resolution

Native browser import maps provide a built-in mechanism to lazily load separate dependency versions dynamically.

#7 about 5 min

Applying module federation for advanced version negotiation

Webpack Module Federation configures shared entries to handle automatic version negotiation and fallbacks.

#8 about 4 min

Choosing between import maps and module federation tooling

Evaluating the scale of an architecture determines whether to use native browser imports or feature-rich federation tools.

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Micro frontends and Webpack module federation challenges

Manfred Steyer Manfred Steyer · World Congress 2024

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Summarizing module federation patterns and architectural choices

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Implementing micro frontends with webpack module federation

Manfred Steyer Manfred Steyer · World Congress 2021

13:09 min

Answering questions on micro-frontend adoption and tooling

Luca Mezzalira Luca Mezzalira · JS Congress

6:56 min

Resolving dependency version mismatches in micro frontends

Manfred Steyer Manfred Steyer · JS Congress

9:02 min

Resolving shared dependencies and namespace collisions

Alexander Günsche Alexander Günsche · LIVE

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