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## Five Foundations of a Frontend Platform

In our practice of [Frontend Platform Engineering](https://www.frontenderz.io/blog/frontend-platform-engineering.-what-is-it-and-why-do-i-need-it?hsLang=en), we've identified key foundational areas for Frontend Platforms to develop. That doesn't mean you always need to work on all of these areas in order to call it a Frontend Platform. After all, it's part of a larger Internal Development Platform. And Internal Development Platforms are different for every organisation implementing it.

As a rule of thumb, we advise organisations to look into these Five Foundations of a Frontend Platform: 

- [Pipelines and Test Infrastructure](https://www.frontenderz.io/frontend-platform-foundations-pipelines-test-infrastructure?hsLang=en)
- [Design System & Core Libraries](https://www.frontenderz.io/frontend-platform-fundamentals-design-system-core-libraries?hsLang=en)
- [Dependency Management](https://www.frontenderz.io/frontend-platform-foundations-curated-dependencies?hsLang=en)
- [Standardization & Best Practices](https://www.frontenderz.io/frontend-platform-foundations-standardization-best-practices?hsLang=en)
- [Observability & Monitoring](https://www.frontenderz.io/frontend-platform-foundations-observability?hsLang=en)

 

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