Characterizing and detecting bugs in WeChat mini-programs
Tao Wang, Qingxin Xu, Xiaoning Chang, Wensheng Dou, Jiaxin Zhu, Jinhui Xie, Yuetang Deng, Jianbo Yang, Jiaheng Yang, Jun Wei, Tao Huang
Abstract
Built on the WeChat social platform, WeChat Mini-Programs are widely used by more than 400 million users every day. Consequently, the reliability of Mini-Programs is particularly crucial. However, WeChat Mini-Programs suffer from various bugs related to execution environment, lifecycle management, asynchronous mechanism, etc. These bugs have seriously affected users' experience and caused serious impacts.
Topics & Concepts
Computer scienceAsynchronous communicationReliability (semiconductor)Software bugApplication lifecycle managementMechanism (biology)Operating systemWorld Wide WebSoftwareTelecommunicationsPhysicsQuantum mechanicsPower (physics)EpistemologyPhilosophyAdvanced Malware Detection TechniquesSoftware Testing and Debugging TechniquesSoftware System Performance and Reliability