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Photo by Kate Macate on Unsplash Since WeChat is the primary messaging app in China with 45 billion...

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Photo by Raphaël Biscaldi on Unsplash If you’re new to Electron and prefer to use ReactJS, you might have stumbled upon this boilerplate on GitHub. This boilerplate is great....

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Lessons from prototyping in WeChat WorkIs it worth it? I heard big companies are using it.This WeChat Work thing.As if there’s not enough mystery around WeChat Work, people want to know what’s the benefit of having a Mini-Program bound to WeChat Work.In this article, we will explore the...

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Photo by NESA by Makers on UnsplashWho knew that QRCode would be EVERYWHERE in China now. In 2009, the first implementation of QRCode in China was on the train ticket to prevent ticket fraud.From wikipediaNow you can’t go a day without seeing QRCode in China. You see it in restaurants, bikes,...

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Photo by Sunrise on UnsplashJust in case your company decides to interact with the 1 billion monthly active users on WeChat.While most people are quite familiar with Facebook chatbot.The thought of doing something with WeChat can seem kind of daunting,Because it’s a Chinese software and you can’t...

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Photo by Luke Porter on UnsplashYour designer asked if we could have the user’s profile picture on the navigation bar, like this.If you just want the code, scroll to the bottom.Getting StartedBefore we build the entire custom navigation bar, let’s look at what we can already achieve with...

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Photo by Jason Leung on UnsplashTo fully take advantage of WeChat Mini-program, you don’t want to miss out the opportunity to send a template message. It triggers WeChat’s notification and sends your user a hit of dopamine.What is a template message?Instead of letting developers to send whatever...

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Photo by Danial RiCaRoS on UnsplashUnionID is a unique identifier for a user across different WeChat related platform.It’s one of those things that gets put in the back burner because we assumed it’s supposed to be simple after binding account to an Open Platform Account, but here’s...

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“woman wearing beanie with smartphone on ear” by Fezbot2000 on UnsplashPurpose: To help you avoid those rabbit holes and set up WeChat payment on your WeChat mini-program.Prerequisites:Basic Knowledge of Node.jsBasic Knowledge of WeChat Mini-programWeChat Mini-Program Account(Apply here:...

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