Monorepo Case Study — Modular Architecture

🧪 In progress

This project explores organizing code into reusable packages, managed within a monorepo structure with tools like Melos (for Flutter/Dart) and Nx (for React, React Native, and Angular). The goal is to show how a software house can optimize development, testing, and distribution by sharing components across distinct projects. The case study includes UI, login, payments, and cross-platform modules, with future plans to extend to backend languages like Python and C#.

Tech stack

flutterpythonnxmelosclean-architecture

Type

researchcase-study

Category

academicmobileweb

Platform

mobilewebdesktop

Are you interested in monorepo code organization for multi-platform projects? Check out the repository or contact me!

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Diagram with shared packages and applications reusing them

Modularity and Code Reuse

The case study demonstrates how to organize reusable libraries — such as login, payments, or UI — within a modular structure. Each package is independent, testable, and versionable separately, promoting reuse across different projects.

Shared packages • Logical isolation • Cross-app reuse

Comparative diagram of architectures (MVC, MVVM, BLoC, etc.) in a modular context

Flexible and Testable Architectures

Each package or application adopts the architecture best suited to its context — from simple solutions like MVC or Provider, to more sophisticated patterns like BLoC, MVVM, or MVD. The project is designed to ensure modularity, testability, and maintainability over time, with extensive use of TDD.

Custom architectures • Modularity • TDD

Diagram with Melos and Nx orchestrating cross-platform projects

Efficient Monorepo Management

The entire system is orchestrated by tools like Melos (for Flutter/Dart) and Nx (for React/Angular), which allow task sharing, intelligent caching, and automated release management. The structure fosters team scalability and coordinated evolution of multiple projects.

Monorepo toolchain • Simplified CI • Shared builds

Illustration of the main design patterns applied in the project in Dart

Design Patterns in Dart

The project includes a section dedicated to exploring and implementing main design patterns — such as Factory, Builder, Strategy, Observer, State — in Dart, with practical and tested examples to understand their use in real contexts.

SOLID • Reusable patterns • Examples in Dart

Extensible architecture with Flutter, React, Python, and C# in a monorepo

Cross-Platform Extensibility

The project is designed to extend to backend languages like Python and C#, maintaining a modular and scalable approach. The goal is to integrate common DevOps tools and orchestrators for a unified ecosystem.

Future extensibility • DevOps-friendly • Backend integration

Make your development scalable and modular

Do you want to improve your codebase's efficiency through shared packages and monorepo managers? I can help you design a scalable and reusable architecture.

Paolo Pietrelli — Software Engineer