A mini program is a form of application running on the mobile terminal, which can provide fast, convenient and rich user experience. However, the development of small programs needs to follow a set of specific specifications and interfaces, which may have certain learning costs and restrictions for front-end developers.
In order to simplify the development process of small programs and improve development efficiency, some lightweight, easy-to-use, and efficient front-end frameworks have emerged. They allow developers to use familiar technology stacks and tools to build small programs, and provide integration with other platforms. (such as H5, APP, etc.) code reuse capabilities. These frameworks include popular front-end frameworks such as Vue.js and React.js, as well as frameworks for small programs that are encapsulated or extended based on them, such as mpvue, wepy, uni-app, etc.
What are the lightweight front-end frameworks?
With the rapid development of front-end development, more and more lightweight front-end development frameworks have emerged as the times require.
Here are some common lightweight front-end development frameworks:
1, Vue.js
Vue.js is a lightweight front-end framework that adopts a componentized and data-driven approach, making it easier for developers to manage pages and data. At the same time, Vue.js also provides a wealth of tools and plug-ins to make development more efficient.
2、React
React is a lightweight front-end framework developed by Facebook. It uses virtual DOM and componentized development mode to make the page rendering faster. React also provides a wealth of tools and plugins to make development more efficient.
3、Angular
Angular is a front-end framework developed by Google. It adopts the development mode of two-way data binding and dependency injection, which makes it easier for developers to manage data and pages. Angular also provides a wealth of components and directives to make development more efficient.
4、Preact
Preact is a lightweight React alternative that has a React-like API and functionality, but is smaller and loads faster, making it more suitable for lightweight projects.
5、Inferno
Inferno is another lightweight React alternative that uses a similar API and development model as React, but is smaller and renders faster, making it more suitable for applications that require high performance.
Can it be combined with applets?
These lightweight front-end development frameworks can also be combined with small program development to improve the development efficiency and performance of small programs.
In the development of small programs, it is usually necessary to use some development patterns similar to componentization in order to better manage pages and data. These lightweight front-end development frameworks, such as Vue.js and React, have adopted a development model similar to componentization, so they can better adapt to the development needs of small programs.
In addition, these lightweight front-end development frameworks also provide many tools and plug-ins that can help developers develop small programs faster. For example, Vue.js provides the Vue-CLI tool, which can quickly create applet projects and components; React provides the React Native tool, which can use a syntax similar to React to develop native applications. These tools and plug-ins make applet development more efficient and convenient.
Specifically, when we combine small programs with lightweight front-end development frameworks, we can use some specific libraries and tools to improve the development efficiency and performance of small programs
1. Use the Mini Program Development Framework
Similar to Vue.js and React, these frameworks can improve the performance and development efficiency of applets by using the rendering layer and logic layer API of the applet framework. For example, you can use the WeChat applet framework and Vue.js to develop applets together, and integrate Vue.js and applets by introducing the mpvue-loader library.
Based on the core of Vue.js, mpvue modifies the runtime and compiler implementation of Vue.js so that it can run in the applet environment. mpvue supports the use of most features of Vue.js, such as components, directives, filters, computed properties, etc., and also supports the use of npm, webpack and other tools to build projects. mpvue also provides some extended API and plug-in mechanism to meet the special needs of applets.
2. Use cross-platform development tools
Cross-platform development tools allow developers to use one set of code to develop applets, web applications, and native applications at the same time. For example, React Native can be used to develop native applications and applets through JavaScript, while improving development efficiency and performance.
3. Small program component library
Some applet component libraries, such as WeUI and Vant, provide many commonly used UI components and functions, which can help developers quickly build applet pages. These component libraries can also be combined with lightweight front-end development frameworks such as Vue.js and React to improve the development efficiency and performance of small programs.
Further enhance the application value
Vue and applets are essentially two different technology stacks. Vue is a front-end framework, while applets are based on WeChat grammar and rules. Since the programming models and operating environments of the two are very different, it is not possible to directly package the Vue code as a small program.
However, by using small program development frameworks, such as Taro, Mpvue, and uni-app, the development methods of front-end frameworks such as Vue.js and React can be combined with small programs. These frameworks can convert the syntax and characteristics of the front-end framework into the syntax and characteristics of applets, so that developers can use familiar development methods to develop applets.
In addition, some lightweight front-end frameworks, such as Element-UI and Ant Design, provide rich UI components and functions. These front-end frameworks can be used as component libraries of applets to quickly build applet pages. At the same time, these component libraries can also be combined with the applet development framework, such as using Taro to convert Element-UI components into applet components, so that developers can build applets more efficiently.
Here we also recommend a way to deepen the value of small programs, directly moving existing small programs to run in your own App. This implementation technology path is called small program containers. For example, FinClip SDK allows your own Some Apps can run Mini Programs directly like WeChat.
In this way, not only can the development efficiency of small programs be improved through the front-end framework, but also the small programs can be run in apps other than WeChat, which truly realizes one-end development and multi-terminal shelves. App has hot update capability to avoid frequent AppStore review.