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tumobi/nideshop-mini-program

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TLDR

NideShop is an open-source WeChat Mini Program storefront with product browsing, cart, checkout, reviews, and a member center, designed to pair with a separate Node.js and MySQL backend.

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    What it does
      WeChat storefront
      Mini Program UI
    Screens
      Home and categories
      Product detail
      Cart and checkout
      Member center
    Features
      Search
      Reviews
      Coupons
      Order history
    Requirements
      WeChat Dev Tools
      NideShop backend
      Node.js and MySQL
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Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Launch an e-commerce Mini Program inside WeChat so customers can browse products, add to cart, and pay without leaving the app.

USE CASE 2

Study the WeChat Mini Program page structure to learn how to build multi-screen apps with shared utilities inside WeChat.

USE CASE 3

Fork the storefront as a starting template for a custom WeChat shop and swap in your own product categories and branding.

USE CASE 4

Connect this front end to the NideShop Node.js server to get a full-stack WeChat e-commerce prototype running quickly.

Tech stack

JavaScriptWeChat Mini Program

Getting it running

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 1h+

Requires WeChat Developer Tools and a separately running NideShop Node.js server with MySQL configured.

In plain English

NideShop is an open-source online shop that runs as a WeChat Mini Program, which is a lightweight app that lives inside the WeChat messaging platform rather than being installed separately on a phone. The front end in this repository is the customer-facing shopping interface, it pairs with a separate server project (also called NideShop) that handles the product data, orders, and user accounts using Node.js and a MySQL database. The shop is modeled on the look of a well-known Chinese e-commerce site called NetEase Yanxuan. It includes a home page, category browsing, product detail pages, search, brand pages, and themed promotional pages. Shoppers can add items to a cart, save favorites, leave reviews, manage delivery addresses, and complete checkout and payment inside the mini program. A member center section lets logged-in users view their order history, saved items, browsing footprint, saved addresses, and coupons. Registration, login, and password reset screens are also included. The code is organized into page folders, one per screen, along with shared utilities and static images. There is no separate build step described, the project is meant to be opened with the WeChat Developer Tools, which is the official software for building and testing mini programs. The README notes that the version in this repository was not fully complete at the time of writing and was not recommended for commercial use. It is written primarily in Chinese and targets developers already familiar with the WeChat Mini Program ecosystem.

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Prompt 1
I want to add a flash-sale countdown timer to the NideShop WeChat Mini Program home page. Show me which page files to edit and how to implement a timer that counts down to a sale end time.
Prompt 2
Walk me through opening the nideshop-mini-program project in WeChat Developer Tools for the first time: what AppID to use, how to configure the API base URL to point at the NideShop Node.js server, and how to preview on a phone.
Prompt 3
How does the cart logic work in nideshop-mini-program? Explain how items are stored, how the quantity is updated, and which files I need to modify to add a minimum order quantity restriction.
Prompt 4
I need to add a referral code field to the NideShop registration page. Which files handle the registration screen and what changes do I need to pass the referral code to the backend API?
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