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This is Frontend Dogma, your hub to study, practice, and follow frontend development.

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Modern web development is increasingly incorporating micro-frontends. This architecture allows teams to deploy frontend components and can offer immense flexibility for large applications with multiple people working across different frameworks. However, state management in micro-frontends remains a challenge. To keep them modular and scalable, you must choose the right strategy for managing state in cross-framework environments.

Understanding the State Management Challenge in Micro-Frontends

State management is more complex than in monolithic applications. Each independently developed module needs to maintain a degree of isolation while still interacting with the shared state efficiently. Below are some of the key challenges developers face:

• Performance issues: Managing state across multiple micro-frontends can introduce inefficiencies, especially when using heavy global stores. In fact, when asked about the top pain point in frontend development, 40% of tech professionals cited performance.

• Data fragmentation: With each micro-frontend potentially storing and managing its own state, inconsistencies can arise. This leads to redundant API calls, outdated data, and synchronization issues. A significant 75% of organizations underutilize their data—often due to fragmented systems—so it is even more crucial to have a well-structured state management system.

• Isolation vs. shared state: Developers build micro-frontends to be autonomous, yet they must share certain data across each one. Finding the right balance between encapsulation and shared state management is crucial.

• Cross-framework compatibility: Since different teams may build micro-frontends using various technologies, ensuring seamless communication and state synchronization across frameworks can be challenging.

Strategies for Cross-Framework State Management

Managing state across micro-frontends requires a careful balance between performance, consistency, and scalability. The following approaches are the most effective strategies for cross-framework state management.

1. Shared Global Store

A shared global store involves using a centralized state management library like Redux or Recoil. This approach ensures that all micro-frontends access a single source of truth, reducing inconsistencies and improving state synchronization.

Pros

• Ensures consistent and predictable state updates
• Simplifies debugging and state tracking
• Can optimize for performance with selective re-renders

Cons

• Creates dependencies between micro-frontends, reducing modularity
• Can introduce performance friction if improperly managed
• Requires additional boilerplate code and configuration

This method works best when different micro-frontends need persistent application-wide, state-like authentication or global UI settings.

2. Custom Event-Based Communication

With event-driven communication, micro-frontends interact using browser events, an event bus, or a pub-sub system. This tactic keeps them loosely coupled while enabling different interactions.

Pros

• Decouples state management, making micro-frontends more modular
• Works across different frameworks
• Lightweight with minimal setup

Cons

• Difficulty managing multiple events over time
• The challenge of debugging event flow
• Potential risk of event collisions or unexpected behaviors

Event-driven state management is ideal for applications where micro-frontends do not need constant access to global state but must respond to real-time interactions.

3. Web Storage

For scenarios where state persistence is a must but full synchronization is not, localStorage and sessionStorage can be effective. These solutions allow micro-frontends to store and retrieve data without a centralized store.

Pros

• Simple and does not require external libraries
• Persistent data across page reloads
• Works across different frameworks

Cons

• Storage limits—localStorage caps at 5 MB, depending on the browser used
• Does not support reactive updates like a global store

If you need to store session data, user preferences or cache API requests, web storage would be the best solution.

4. URL-Based State Management

You can encode state within the URL to maintain consistency between micro-frontends, ensuring that the state is shareable and navigable.

Pros

• Enables seamless state sharing across micro-frontends
• Works well with server-side rendering and static site generation
• Does not require additional libraries

Cons

• Not suitable for complex state structures
• Limited storage capacity

This approach is useful for filtering, search parameters, pagination, and navigational state, where maintaining state across page reloads is essential.

5. WebSockets and Real-Time APIs

For applications that need live data updates, WebSockets allow micro-frontends to share state changes instantly.

Pros

• Enables real-time interactions like chat and notifications

Cons

• Requires backend support and additional infrastructure
• Can introduce scalability challenges under high traffic

WebSockets is excellent for collaborative applications, stock trading dashboards, and chat-based platforms where stat changes must propagate instantly.

Choosing the Right State Management Strategy

Selecting the optimal state management approach depends on the complexity of the application, performance considerations, and the need for real-time synchronization. For instance, 7 in 10 consumers state that page speed influences their purchasing decisions, making performance a crucial factor when designing state-sharing mechanisms. If performance is a priority, lightweight event-based communications or a shared store may be preferable over heavy global state solutions.

Ultimately, hybrid approaches can often provide the best balance. Carefully evaluating the trade-offs of each method will help developers create a scalable, efficient, and maintainable micro-frontend architecture.

Crafting a Scalable State Management Strategy for Micro-Frontends

Managing state across micro-frontends may be challenging, but is a crucial part of building applications. The right state management strategy will depend on the application’s needs, team structure and performance requirements. Ultimately, optimizing your setup involves auditing your current architecture, experimenting with hybrid approaches and establishing clear communication protocols. By taking these steps, you can transform your micro-frontends into a well-oiled machine, empowering your teams to deliver exceptional user experiences.

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Since its launch in 2021, Frontend Dogma has supported Twitter/X for attributing authors and publishers.

Twitter/X was already a difficult platform at that point, but it was popular in the community.

With Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter in 2022, everything got worse. X, the company, and X, the platform, began sending all the wrong signals, most of all contempt for various groups of people.

Frontend Dogma gradually reduced its support for Twitter/X to the point of making it “Twitter/X last.”

Today, Frontend Dogma is discontinuing all support for Twitter/X.

This means that if you're an author or publisher who is only active on Twitter/X, Frontend Dogma will no longer attribute you.

For a grace period, Frontend Dogma will retain metadata of authors and publishers who were previously only attributable on Twitter/X. If you’re an author or publisher whose work is featured on Frontend Dogma and who has recently started a presence on Mastodon or Bluesky, you can contact us to have your previous attributions updated and restored.

We ask everyone to take more responsibility, and to demand the same of our platforms. Leave the hate behind, and take more care of others.

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If you don’t know Frontend Dogma yet, then I guess you’re not a frontend or web developer 😉

Joking aside, Frontend Dogma has been a project I’ve built over the last three and a half years, which soon superseded and swallowed UITest.com, and currently features more than 600 web-based tools and links to more than 14,000 articles and videos (including some exclusives).

But where do I, who’s so far doing most of the work, get all these news and views?

Those sources I’d like to dedicate this brief post to, but before I do that, another note: I’m keeping my eyes peeled for anything related to frontend and web development, and for that reason alter my web dev news mix all the time, and generally love to browse your and other peers’ sites.

Then, “Operation 10K” (which kicked off closing a 2000s and 2010s coverage gap) is still in progress, and I’ve been working through dozens of websites of web dev magazines and select individuals to feature key material on Frontend Dogma. You can read up on this effort in my “2000s + 2010s” announcement.

Now, what sources, apart from sites from individual developers, have turned out to be staples in my daily web dev news diet?

The following ones, some of which I’m sure you already follow, others which you might want to follow, because while there’s some “cross-pollination,” some news you only find on the individual sites and newsletters:

• Accessibility Weekly
• CSS Weekly
• CSS-Tricks
• DEV
• DevTools Tips
• DOC
• Front-End Front
• Frontend Focus
• Frontend Masters
• Frontend Weekly
• gHacks
• Google Developer Experts (GDEs) activity stream (non-public)
• JavaScript Weekly
• Mastodon #html, #css, and #javascript
• Moz
• Nielsen Normal Group Alertbox
• Node Weekly
• Scrum.org
• Sidebar
• SitePoint
• Smashing Magazine
• The New Stack
• UX Collective
• UXmatters
• W3C
• Web Design Update
• Web Designer Depot
• Web Developer
• web.dev

Kudos and compliments to the passionate people diligently running all these sites 🥂

Again, then, this isn’t “everything.” For Frontend Dogma, I keep on scouting material, through all ages. That actually makes the archives increasingly valuable—browse (and follow) some of the topics to see what unique perspective they offer you.

If you have recommendations for sources I should follow, or articles or videos I should consider adding, reach out at any time. (Also, if you like to support this immense amount of free-time work, I do appreciate it. I’m not starving, but acknowledgment and support go some way.)

Happy frontend-developing, with Frontend Dogma!

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A JavaScript closure (WebGlossary.info, MDN) is a function that retains access to its lexical scope even when the function is executed outside of that scope. Closures allow functions to “remember” the environment in which they were created.

It is important to understand some of their concepts:

• Lexical scope: A function has access to variables from its own scope, its parent function’s scope, and the global scope.
• Function inside a function: Closures are created when an inner function is returned or used outside its parent function.
• Persistent state: Closures can “remember” variables even after the outer function has executed.

Closures sometimes come up in web developer interviews.

What are some questions that can be asked?

“What Is a Closure in JavaScript, and Why Is It Useful?”

A closure is a function that retains access to its lexical scope, even when executed outside of that scope. Closures allow functions to “remember” variables from their outer function, making them useful for data encapsulation, maintaining state, and function factories. For example, a counter function can retain a private count variable while allowing controlled access through an inner function. This makes closures essential for writing modular and reusable code in JavaScript.

“How Do Closures Help With Data Privacy? Provide an Example”

Closures help with data privacy by restricting access to variables, ensuring they cannot be modified from outside a function. This is particularly useful for encapsulation, similar to private variables in object-oriented programming.

function createCounter() {
  let count = 0; // Private variable
  return function () {
    count++;
    return count;
  };
}

const counter = createCounter();
console.log(counter()); // 1
console.log(counter()); // 2

Here, count is not accessible directly, but the returned function can increment and return its value, maintaining controlled access.

Logging I: “What Will Be Logged in the Following Code, and Why?”

function outer() {
  let count = 0;
  return function () {
    count++;
    console.log(count);
  };
}

const func1 = outer();
const func2 = outer();

func1(); // ?
func1(); // ?
func2(); // ?

The output will be:

1
2
1

Each call to outer() creates a new closure with a separate count variable. func1 and func2 do not share state because they are separate instances. The first two calls to func1() increment the first closure’s count, while func2() starts a fresh counter at 1. This demonstrates how closures create independent stateful functions.

Logging II: “What Will Be Logged in the Following Code, and in What Order?”

function makeRequest() {
  const requests = [];
  
  for (let i = 1; i <= 3; i++) {
    requests.push(() => new Promise(resolve => {
      setTimeout(() => {
        resolve(i * 2);
      }, 100 - i * 20);
    }));
  }

  return requests;
}

const requests = makeRequest();
Promise.all(requests.map(req => req())).then(console.log);

The output will be:

[2, 4, 6]

What makes this interesting:

1. Each promise factory closes over its own i value thanks to let
2. The timeouts are actually executed in reverse order (60ms, 40ms, 20ms)
3. Despite different resolution times, Promise.all maintains the original array order
4. The closure captures the multiplication operation, not just the value

In a question like this, what’s being tested is understanding of:

1. Closure interaction with promises
2. Promise.all behavior with array ordering
3. setTimeout closure capturing
4. Function factories with async operations

It’s a practical example showing how closures work with asynchronous code and promise composition.

“What Are Some Potential Pitfalls of Using Closures, and How Can They Be Avoided?”

There are at least three potential issues with closures:

1. Memory leaks: If closures hold references to large objects, they can prevent those objects from being garbage collected, leading to an increased use of memory and risk of leaks.

2. Unintended variable retention: Be mindful of the variables captured by closures. If not managed properly, closures can retain references to variables that are no longer needed (which can also lead to memory leaks). Release references when they are no longer necessary.

3. Unexpected behavior in loops: Using var in loops can lead to unexpected results because var is function-scoped. It is best to use let or const within loops to ensure that each iteration captures the correct value, avoiding common pitfalls associated with closures.

—These are just a handful of many, many examples of how closures can be used in JavaScript, and what questions you could be asked. The key is to understand the concept and how it can be applied in different scenarios.

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For you and me, the matter is obvious: Frontend developers play a key role in the tech industry, bridging the gap between design, functionality, and emerging technologies like AI. Our work ensures that websites and web applications are visually appealing, user-friendly, and performant. The demand for skilled frontend developers has surged with the proliferation of digital interfaces in everyday life, positioning us as indispensable players in the tech ecosystem. Our professional standing is bolstered by our ability to translate complex backend processes into intuitive user experiences, as well as integrate AI-driven enhancements, making us key contributors to a company’s success.

Why Frontend Development Is Challenging

Despite our profession’s importance, the role of a frontend developer is full of challenges. One of the primary difficulties lies in the rapid pace of technological changes. New frameworks, libraries, and tools emerge constantly, requiring developers to learn and adapt. Additionally, as frontend developers, we must cater to a wide array of devices, screen sizes, and browsers, ensuring consistent performance across all platforms. This requires a deep understanding of responsive design and cross-browser compatibility, further complicating our tasks.

Another significant challenge is the balance between aesthetics and functionality. Frontend developers must work closely with designers to implement visually appealing interfaces while ensuring performance and usability. This often involves negotiating trade-offs and finding innovative solutions to meet both design and technical requirements. Moreover, user expectations are continually rising, with users demanding seamless, fast, and interactive experiences, placing additional pressure on developers to deliver high-quality outcomes.

There is also increasing pressure due to AI solutions and companies’ focus on AI-driven development. AI is reshaping the frontend landscape in various ways. Automated design tools can generate layouts, styles, and even code snippets, reducing the need for manual work. AI-powered code assistants, such as GitHub Copilot, suggest optimizations and help developers write cleaner, more efficient code. Additionally, AI-driven testing frameworks improve quality assurance by identifying potential issues faster and with greater accuracy than traditional testing methods.

However, while AI can be a powerful tool, it also raises concerns. Developers must stay ahead by understanding AI’s capabilities and limitations, ensuring that automation enhances rather than replaces their expertise. The ability to integrate AI solutions effectively into frontend workflows is becoming an essential skill, making adaptability and a proactive learning mindset more crucial than ever.

In general, I believe that there are five things we as frontend developers can do to meet these challenges.

1. Continuous Learning and Skill Development

To thrive, frontend developers must commit to continuous learning. Staying updated with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices is essential. This can be achieved through various means, such as attending conferences, participating in workshops, and engaging with online learning platforms. By staying current, we can leverage new tools and techniques to improve our workflow and deliver more effective solutions.

2. Mastering Core Technologies

In addition to learning new tools, frontend developers should focus on mastering core technologies. Proficiency in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript remains fundamental, as these are the building blocks of web development. Beyond the basics, an in-depth understanding of popular frameworks like React, Angular, or Vue.js is crucial. Mastery of these technologies enables us to build complex, scalable applications efficiently and positions us as experts in the field. Furthermore, effective use of AI is also increasingly important, whether it’s through leveraging machine learning for personalization, automating repetitive coding tasks, or improving accessibility features.

3. Enhancing Communication and Collaboration Skills

Effective communication and collaboration are vital skills for frontend developers. Given our role as intermediaries between design and backend development, we must articulate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and understand the needs of different team members. Building strong relationships with designers, product managers, and backend developers fosters a collaborative environment that leads to better project outcomes. Regularly participating in team meetings and feedback sessions helps bridge gaps and ensures everyone is aligned toward common goals.

4. Building a Strong Portfolio and Network

We can also elevate our careers by building a strong portfolio and professional network. A well-curated portfolio showcasing a range of projects highlights our skills and versatility. Engaging in open-source projects, contributing to online forums, and attending industry events are excellent ways to build a network. Networking with peers, mentors, and industry leaders can open doors to new opportunities and provide valuable insights into the evolving landscape of frontend development.

5. Leveraging AI for Efficiency and Innovation

AI is no longer just a backend tool—it is now an integral part of frontend development. We should embrace AI-powered design systems, automated code reviews, and intelligent debugging tools to speed up development cycles and improve code quality. AI can also enhance user experiences through personalized content recommendations, advanced accessibility features, and real-time UI optimizations. By integrating AI thoughtfully, we can work more efficiently and push the boundaries of what’s possible in frontend development.

—These five areas should help us as frontend developers overcome challenges and solidify our professional standing—as a pillar of the tech industry that is here to stay.

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