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@inproceedings{asko:icalepcs2023-fr2bco04,
author = {A. Asko and S. Deghaye and E. Galatas and A.E. Kustra and C. Roderick and B. Urbaniec},
title = {{Micro Frontends - a New Migration Process for Monolithic Web Applications}},
% booktitle = {Proc. ICALEPCS'23},
booktitle = {Proc. 19th Int. Conf. Accel. Large Exp. Phys. Control Syst. (ICALEPCS'23)},
eventdate = {2023-10-09/2023-10-13},
pages = {1663--1668},
paper = {FR2BCO04},
language = {english},
keywords = {controls, framework, GUI, ISOL, interface},
venue = {Cape Town, South Africa},
series = {International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems},
number = {19},
publisher = {JACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland},
month = {02},
year = {2024},
issn = {2226-0358},
isbn = {978-3-95450-238-7},
doi = {10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2023-FR2BCO04},
url = {https://jacow.org/icalepcs2023/papers/fr2bco04.pdf},
abstract = {{Numerous standalone web applications have been developed over the last 10 years to support the configuration and operation of the CERN accelerator complex. These applications have different levels of complexity, but they all support hundreds of users for essential activities. A monolithic architecture has been utilised so far, tailoring the standalone applications to specific accelerator needs. The global GUI technology landscape continues to evolve quickly, with most GUI technologies typically reaching end-of-life within 1-to-5 years. Keeping up-to-date with technologies presents a major challenge for the GUI application maintainers, with larger monolithic applications requiring long migration cycles which impede the introduction of new functionalities during the migration phase. To tackle the above issues within the CERN Controls domain, a new Micro Frontend architecture has been introduced and is being used to gradually migrate a large and complex AngularJS-based web application to Angular. This paper introduces the new generic architecture, which is not tied to any specific web framework. The development workflow, challenges, and lessons learned so far will be covered. The differences of this approach, particularly when compared to monolithic application technology migrations, will also be discussed. }},
}