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Frontend Overview

MonoLISA enables you to craft clean frontend repos. In particular, repos with frontend applications and the backends for those frontends (BFFs).

Frontends​

A frontend application is a client-side application that:

  • Runs on a user’s device (browser, phone, desktop, TV, etc.).
  • Renders the user interface (UI).

Backends for frontends (BFFs)​

A backend for a frontend (BFF) is a backend service (API) dedicated to serving the needs of a frontend application. It acts as a proxy between the frontend and various backend services.

Benefits​

  • Simplifies the frontend by only requiring it to auth with one backend.
  • Reduces the number of requests the frontend needs to make.
  • Speeds up requests by tailoring responses for the frontend's needs.