Modular Application Components: CI/CD Marketplace Registration for Scalability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Monolithic software architectures face challenges such as scalability, maintenance overhead, and operational disruptions due to tight coupling between application components, leading to inefficiencies in development and deployment.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a micro frontend (MFE) architecture with a CI/CD pipeline to automate the registration and sharing of modular application components in a component marketplace, allowing independent development and deployment of self-contained modules with standardized interfaces and protocols.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If monolithic software architecture is used, then system integration is simplified, but scalability and maintenance become difficult due to tight coupling between components
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the monolithic software architecture into modular components that can be independently developed, deployed, and scaled. Each component is self-contained with defined interfaces, allowing the system to maintain simplicity while gaining flexibility and scalability through modular organization
2Adaptability or versatility
If modular component architecture is implemented, then scalability and independent deployment are improved, but system complexity increases due to multiple components and interfaces
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal component marketplace and standardized interface protocols that work across all modular components. This universal framework manages the complexity of multiple components by providing consistent mechanisms for registration, discovery, deployment, and interaction, reducing the overall system complexity despite the increased number of components
3Productivity
If continuous integration and continuous delivery pipeline is implemented, then deployment speed and frequency are improved, but automation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary automated actions within the CI/CD pipeline including automatic component registration in the marketplace, automated versioning, and pre-deployment validation. These preliminary automated steps reduce manual intervention requirements and streamline the deployment process, achieving high deployment speed while managing automation complexity through structured workflows
4Ease of operation
If automated component registration and marketplace publishing is implemented, then component sharing and collaboration are improved, but process automation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service mechanisms where modular components automatically register themselves in the component marketplace upon deployment. The system autonomously handles component metadata extraction, registration, version management, and marketplace publishing without requiring manual intervention, thereby improving component sharing ease while managing automation complexity through self-organizing processes
Data Source
AI summary
In some implementations, a system may receive via a CI/CD pipeline, a first request to register code associated with one or more modular application components. The system may perform, based on the first request to register the code associated with the one or more modular application components, one or more application program interface (API) calls to obtain information related to the code associated with the one or more modular application components from a release management system. The system may publish to a component marketplace, the information related to the code associated with the one or more modular application components. The system may receive, from a developer device, a second request to access the one or more modular application components. The system may provide, to the developer device, access to the one or more modular application components.