Product guide overview

This product guide is intended for mini program platform users to learn the product features and procedures to manage the whole lifecycle of mini programs.

Mini Program is a new technology that helps you quickly develop high-quality services and grow your business on mobile apps with better user experience. With the Mini Program Development Platform, you can manage the whole lifecycle of mini programs. You can either directly create, develop, upload, release or remove mini programs, or authorize developers to manage min programs with an approval process. You can also see the data with analytics and quality functionality to improve efficiency.

This product guide is divided into three sections:

• How-to guides

You can see the general workflow and process descriptions and the detailed steps on how to do the following:

• Manage the lifecycle of a mini program. For more information, see How to manage Mini Programs.
• Transform an HTML5 app into a mini program with the PWA web development approach. For more information, see How to transform an HTML 5 mobile app to an HTML 5 mini program.
• See the customized analysis of a mini program. For more information, see How to customized your analysis.
• Apply for authorization. For more information, see How to apply for authorization.
• Send your feedback. For more information, see How to send your feedback.

• Product features

You can see the detailed features of the platform. See feature scope below to get a list of all the available features and the topics under Product features.

• How-to videos

You can see the videos that introduce both the features and process of the platform.

Platform workflow management

The workflow can be divided into the following steps:

1. Getting started

• Apply for an account
• Log into the platform
• Choose your workspace

For more information, see Getting Started for Merchant On-Boarding.

2. Releaes mini programs

1. System setup

• Invite members and set roles
• Set tester whitelist

For more information, see Member role, Members, and Settings.

3. Create mini programs

• Manage mini programs

For more information, see the how-to guide and how-to video.

4. Debug and preview mini programs

Note: Mini Programs are created by developers in the developer tool and uploaded to the workspace for approval. For more information, see Mini Program Studio.

5. Release mini programs with an approval process

• Manage mini programs
• Approvals

3. Operate the mini program

• Features
• Quality
• Analytics

For more information about the detailed process, see Workflow Procedures.

Feature scope

You can see the feature scope in the following table:

More information

About Mini Program

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