Micro Frontend State Management via Model-Based Bindings
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current software development methodologies lack efficient mechanisms for creating reusable applications using building blocks that can be decoupled from specific user interface technologies and backend implementations, leading to increased errors and reduced scalability.
Innovation Solution
A computing architecture that utilizes micro frontends with declarative bindings, allowing independent teams to develop and integrate frontend components with their own backends, enabling decoupling of user interface components from physical backend implementations and specific user interface technologies, and using a model-based state management system for predictable, parallelized, and horizontally scalable computation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If software components are developed for reuse across multiple applications, then development time and error reduction are improved, but coupling to specific user interface technologies and backend implementations increases complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the software architecture into independent micro frontends that can be developed, deployed, and scaled separately. Each micro frontend is encapsulated as a distinct building block with its own user interface components and backend logic, eliminating tight coupling to specific technologies while enabling reuse across multiple applications.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates universal building blocks that can function across different user interface technologies and backend implementations. These micro frontends are designed with abstract interfaces and declarative bindings that allow them to be reused in multiple contexts without being tied to specific technology stacks, achieving both productivity and flexibility.
2Adaptability or versatility
If micro frontends are decoupled from specific user interface technologies and backend implementations, then adaptability and scalability are improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces declarative bindings as an intermediary layer between micro frontends and their underlying implementations. These bindings provide a standardized interface that mediates communication between user interface components and backend services, allowing decoupling while maintaining manageable system complexity through conventional binding mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes parameter changes in the form of configuration data and declarative bindings to control the behavior and connections of micro frontends. By changing parameters such as binding configurations and component properties, the system achieves high adaptability without increasing structural complexity, as the same architectural pattern remains consistent.
3Productivity
If independent teams develop building blocks that can be inserted into multiple user interfaces, then productivity and reuse are improved, but coordination and integration complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the application into independent building blocks that can be developed by different teams in parallel. Each micro frontend is self-contained with its own state management and backend connections, allowing teams to work independently while reducing integration complexity through standardized interfaces and declarative bindings.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables teams to create and reuse building blocks across multiple user interfaces through copying and instantiation. These micro frontends can be instantiated multiple times with different configurations, allowing productivity gains from reuse while maintaining consistent integration patterns through the declarative binding system.
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AI summary
This document describes a computing architecture that enables users to develop applications using building blocks that include micro frontends. In one aspect, a method includes providing a configuration user interface that enables a user to select and arrange building block user interface elements in a layout for a page. Data specifying a layout of one or more building block user interface elements that each include a micro frontend and corresponding backend logic is received from the configuration user interface. Each micro frontend includes one or more user interface components and a store that manages a model that represents a state of the one or more user interface components of the micro frontend. The corresponding backend for each micro frontend includes a function that updates the model of the micro frontend based on a previous model of the micro frontend and an action. User interface data is generated.