Defesa de Dissertação de Mestrado do aluno Fábio Antunes Gomes P. Pinheiro.
Título da dissertação: Applying Action Research to Investigate Benefits and Limitations of Migrating to a MicroFrontends Architecture
Resumo: [Context] The adoption of micro-frontends architectures has gained traction as a promising approach to enhance modularity, scalability,and maintainability of web applications.[Goal] The primary aim of this research is to investigate the benefits and limitations of migrating a real-world application to a micro frontend architecture from the perspective of the developers.[Method] Employing action research, after the diagnosis and planning,we applied an intervention of migrating the target web application toa micro-frontends architecture. Thereafter, the migration was evaluated in a workshop involving the developers responsible for maintaining the application. During the workshop, the developers were presented with the migrated architecture, conducted a simple maintenance task, discussed benefits and limitations in a focus group to gather insights, and answered a questionnaire on the acceptance of the technology.[Results] Developers’ perceptions gathered during the focus group reinforce the benefits and limitations reported in the literature. Key Benefits included enhanced flexibility in technology choices,scalability of development teams, and gradual migration of technologies. However, the increased complexity of the architecture raised concerns among developers, particularly in dependency and environment management, debugging, and integration testing.[Conclusions] While micro frontends represent a promising technology, unresolved issues currently still limit their broader applicability. Developers generally perceived the architecture as useful and moderately easy to use but exhibited hesitancy towards adopting it.
Orientador: Prof. Dr. Marcos Kalinowski
Co-orientadora: Profª Dra. Maria Julia Dias de Lima
Banca: Prof. Dr. Markus Endler | Prof. Dr. Davide Taibi | Profª Dra. Simone Diniz Junqueira Barbosa
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