Scaling Frontend Development

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Discusses applying microservices-like patterns to frontends (micro-frontends) to address coordination, delivery speed, and productivity in large projects, while acknowledging frontend-specific challenges such as runtime limitations, performance costs of loading many independent apps, and the need for a shared visual language. Describes Farfetch’s incremental refactor into multiple independent frontend applications and the strategies used to preserve performance and consistent user experience across geographically distributed teams.

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1. 0:00Frontend scalability intro
2. 5:00Web app performance
3. 10:00Team strategies
4. 15:00Architecture & microservices
5. 20:00Testing & optimization
6. 25:00Scalability cases
7. 30:00Best practices
8. 35:00Q&A

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