This book is an introduction to WeChat applet development for beginners. It consists of 4 parts which are further divided into 12 chapters. Part 1 introduces the origin, first registration and creation of project procedure of applets. Part 2 dissects the framework and components of applets. Part 3 focuses on the application of Web API, media API, file API, data API, location API, device API and interface API in WeChat applets. Part 4 takes an example – design and implementation of a college news applet – to illustrate the integrated application design. This book contains 110 complete application examples, all of them are debugged in WeChat web developer tools and real devices; moreover, there are also a full set of example source codes, exercises and video explanations.

Zhou Wenjie is now working in Anhui Normal University after leaving from the Customer Service and Technical Support Center of Microsoft Great China. Zhou graduated from University of Melbourne with a Master’s Degree in information technology.