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The Art of Micro Frontends
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Very often, a micro frontend approach discussion starts with the almost classic "SSR versus client-side rendering (CSR)" topic. While some of the arguments would apply to a monolith too, other arguments that only apply to micro frontends can be found as well.
Important note
The discussion of SSR versus CSR is a relatively new one. Only since JavaScript frontend frameworks have become powerful enough that they can not only be used for CSR but actually should be used for it have people actively leveraged this option, and, indeed, in many cases, the option is not only quite simple but also has the least infrastructure complexity and great scalability. Nevertheless, for really fast websites, either pre-rendering or a mix of SSR and CSR will hit the sweet spot.
Backend micro frontends, often called server-side micro frontends, were among the first types of micro frontend implementations. One reason is that SSR is the original...