A Novel Application of Educational Management Information System based on Micro Frontends

Area of Science:

• Computer Science
• Software Engineering
• Educational Technology

Background:

• China's Ministry of Education launched the Education Informatization 2.0 action plan, leading to numerous college information systems.
• Existing systems, often Single Page Web Applications (SPAs) using traditional MVC, suffer from complex logic, high coupling, and development challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

• To address issues like bloated frontends and difficult updates in educational information systems.
• To propose and validate a micro frontends architecture for enhanced agile development in higher education.

Main Methods:

• Adopted a service-oriented architecture approach.
• Implemented a micro frontends solution for the East China Normal University's graduate information platform.
• Evaluated the architecture based on service separation, development efficiency, and incremental upgrade capabilities.

Main Results:

• The micro frontends architecture demonstrated improved agile development capabilities.
• Successful application to a real-world graduate information platform.
• Validation of the architecture's adaptability to future educational management information systems.

Conclusions:

• Micro frontends offer a viable solution for developing next-generation educational information systems.
• The proposed architecture enhances service separation, development efficiency, and incremental upgrades.
• This approach provides a novel strategy for modernizing educational IT infrastructure.