Microservices & Micro Frontend system design — From basics to Production
Overview
This series takes you from zero to production with the Microservices Backend + Micro Frontend architecture — the most modern architectural model for complex systems that requires multiple parallel development teams.
Different from other series that only focus on backend or frontend, this series combines both sides with a full-stack perspective, helping you understand architects how to design an end-to-end system from UI to Database.
What will you learn?
🏗️ Architecture & Design
- System separation using Domain-Driven Design (Bounded Context, Event Storming)
- Design Microservices Backend: API Design, Inter-service Communication, Data Architecture
- Design Micro Frontend: Module Federation, Shell App, Design System, Cross-app Communication
🔗 Full-Stack integration
- BFF (Backend for Frontend) Pattern — bridge between Micro Frontend and Microservices
- API Gateway — routing, auth, rate limiting, load balancing
- GraphQL Federation — unified data layer for multiple micro frontends
🧪 Testing & Quality
- Testing Microservices: Unit, Integration, Contract Testing
- Testing Micro Frontend: Component, Visual Regression, E2E
- Consumer-Driven Contracts with Pact
🚀 CI/CD & Production
- Mono-repo vs Multi-repo strategy
- Independent CI/CD pipeline for each service/micro frontend
- Canary release, Blue-Green deployment, Feature Flags
- Full-stack Observability: Frontend → API → Backend tracing
- Production Readiness Checklist
📋 Case Studies
- E-Commerce Platform: complete design from architecture to deployment
- Migration Guide: from Monolith to Microservices + Micro Frontend (Strangler Fig, Branch by Abstraction)
Target audience
- Backend Engineers want to understand Micro Frontend to design appropriate APIs
- Frontend Engineers want to scale the application with Micro Frontend
- Full-Stack Engineers want to understand end-to-end architecture
- Software Architects need a blueprint for the production system
- Tech Leads is planning to migrate from Monolith
Requires knowledge
- Know at least 1 backend language (Node.js, Go, Java, Python)
- Know at least 1 frontend framework (React, Vue, Angular)
- Basic understanding of REST API, HTTP, Docker
- The System Architecture: From Zero to Hero series is a good supplement but not required
Technology used in the series
| Layers | Technologies |
|---|---|
| Micro Frontend | React, Module Federation (Webpack 5 / Vite), single-spa, Web Components |
| Design System | Storybook, Tailwind CSS, Shadow DOM, CSS Modules |
| BFF / API Gateway | Node.js, Kong/APISIX, GraphQL (Apollo Federation) |
| Backend | Node.js/Go, REST, gRPC, GraphQL |
| Messaging | RabbitMQ, Apache Kafka, NATS |
| Database | PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch |
| CI/CD | GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, ArgoCD, Docker, Kubernetes |
| Observability | OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus, Jaeger |
| Auth | Keycloak, OAuth2, JWT, OIDC |
Study path
Phần 1-3: Nền tảng Backend (9 bài) → Hiểu mindset & thiết kế backend
Phần 4-5: Micro Frontend (7 bài) → Nắm vững kiến trúc & xây dựng frontend
Phần 6: API Layer (3 bài) → Kết nối backend & frontend
Phần 7-8: Testing & CI/CD (6 bài) → Đảm bảo chất lượng & tự động hóa
Phần 9: Production (3 bài) → Observability & production readiness
Phần 10: Case Studies (2 bài) → Áp dụng thực tế & migration