Frontend DDD Misconceptions: It's Not About Doing DDD *in* Angular

2025-05-16
Frontend DDD Misconceptions: It's Not About Doing DDD *in* Angular

This article debunks common misconceptions about Domain-Driven Design (DDD) among frontend developers. Many confuse DDD with Angular's modularity or tooling, overlooking DDD's core: understanding the business and designing the system from business needs. The author argues that DDD is a product-wide discipline, not just frontend-specific; the frontend is merely a part of it. The article distinguishes between strategic and tactical DDD, emphasizes the importance of strategic DDD, explains key concepts like bounded contexts and domain events, and concludes that DDD's value lies in complex business scenarios, while blindly applying it can be detrimental.

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