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Micro-Frontend Architecture for Enterprise E-Commerce Storefronts

Scaling front-end engineering teams across massive e-commerce monoliths leads to deployment bottlenecks. Micro-frontends break UI domains (Cart, Checkout, Catalog) into independently deployed apps.

By Kenneth D'Silva • Reading Time: 36 min read • Category: Architecture & Cloud

Webpack Module Federation Configuration

// Webpack 5 Module Federation Plugin Configuration
const { ModuleFederationPlugin } = require('webpack').container;

module.exports = {
  plugins: [
    new ModuleFederationPlugin({
      name: 'checkoutApp',
      filename: 'remoteEntry.js',
      exposes: {
        './CheckoutWidget': './src/CheckoutWidget',
      },
      shared: ['react', 'react-dom'],
    }),
  ],
};

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