by commercetools Frontend
Building a frontend: Entirely self-built versus composable frontend
To be able to react more quickly to changes in the market and new customer demands, companies are breaking up their monolithic IT systems on a grand scale. Instead, they’re starting to rely on an ecosystem of technologies based on microservices.
As the frontend and backend of their headless solutions are decoupled, businesses now have to choose whether they want to integrate and build on top of a composable frontend or build their own frontend framework entirely from scratch.
The answer is, as is so often the case, it depends. In this white paper, we’ll provide you with a guide to make that decision for yourself.
Building a frontend: Entirely self-built versus composable frontend
Advantages and disadvantages of an entirely self-built frontend
Advantages and disadvantages of building on top of a composable frontend
What to consider when deciding for your business