Key Technologies

The Modular Web Architecture (MWA) is built on several core technologies:

Microfrontends

Microfrontends are business components for the web; technically speaking, each microfrontend is a self-contained application that can be embedded into an otherwise static webpage. As it has its own backend and internal logic, it is technically independend from the host context.

Static Site Generation

With websites that attract millions of visitors each day, the cheap and fast delivery of web pages is a significant success factor. Our target architecture is largely built upon the JAMstack pattern and Static Site Generation. This means that most web pages are pregenerated statically once and then deployed to a CDN.

Design System

Modularity and a coherent user experience are not opposites. In order to ensure visual consistency of web pages and microfrontends, we rely on our internal Design System. Its core element is a UI library with CSS and HTML components. It also contains guidelines for developers how to create web content that is compliant with our corporate design.