Headless E-commerce – What does this approach to building e-commerce applications really mean? What are the advantages and disadvantages of such an architecture?
Simply put, headless means a complete separation of the visual layer, known as the frontend, from the layer responsible for storing, managing, and delivering data, referred to as the backend. The frontend, commonly called the head, communicates with the data layer using web services or, more often, through an Application Programming Interface (API). In this way, an application built with a headless architecture breaks away from the traditional approach of monolithic applications, where the template system (views) is tightly coupled with the backend.
Advantages of headless architecture
- Flexibility in developing the visual layer (frontend)
- Personalization
- Greater adaptability and scalability
- Faster implementation of changes and more frequent application updates (deployment)