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World Congress 2026 Europe - Virtual Stage • Jul 2, 2026 • Session details

Developing a clean architecture-inspired React application with MVVM

Marc Brehmer

Unhealthy codebases delay feature shipping by 124%. Combine Clean Architecture with MVVM in React to isolate core business logic and make your testing completely trivial.

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#1 about 6 min

Business costs of poor code quality and technical debt

Unhealthy codebases with tight coupling and duplication lead to higher defect rates and wasted developer hours.

#2 about 4 min

Clean architecture layers and framework independence

Separating entities, use cases, and interface adapters ensures core business rules remain independent of UI frameworks and databases.

#3 about 2 min

Applying the dependency inversion principle to decouple logic

Depending on interfaces rather than concrete implementations enables swappable databases and simplified unit testing.

#4 about 2 min

Solving structural problems with clear boundaries

Reusable business logic and isolated components directly resolve code duplication, scalability bottlenecks, and complex migrations.

#5 about 4 min

Enhancing the presentation layer with the MVVM pattern

The Model-View-ViewModel pattern provides complete decoupling between UI rendering and business logic through data binding.

#6 about 3 min

Combining clean architecture and MVVM in React

Merging overall system structure with specific presentation guidance creates predictable, highly testable frontend applications.

#7 about 3 min

Setting up a practical React training application

A simple CRUD to-do application demonstrates architectural patterns without overwhelming production-level complexity.

#8 about 2 min

Tracking internal data flow through architectural layers

User input triggers a sequential flow from the view model through the use case down to the repository for persistence.

#9 about 3 min

Managing project structure and Awilix dependency injection

Organizing folders by architectural role and utilizing Awilix for dependency inversion keeps React components free of instantiation logic.

#10 about 3 min

Building declarative React views without business logic

Pure functional components focus entirely on rendering UI elements and forwarding user events to the view model.

#11 about 4 min

Bridging state and domain logic with view models

View models coordinate presentation state, input validation, and use case orchestration while remaining unaware of the DOM.

#12 about 3 min

Implementing business use cases and data repositories

Repositories strictly handle database interactions, allowing use cases to securely orchestrate complex business workflows.

#13 about 5 min

Reviewing the completed React architectural implementation results

The fully integrated application provides maintainability through strict layer boundaries and predictable change points.

#14 about 3 min

Evaluating when to adopt rigorous software architecture patterns

While essential for long-lived systems with complex domains, strict layering is counterproductive for prototypes and simple CRUD apps.

#15 about 3 min

Evolving software architecture driven by business needs

Starting with basic separation of concerns allows teams to incrementally adopt complex patterns as application demands grow.

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