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Posted by Marty Hitchcock
Marty Hitchcock
13,108 Points

What stops people from taking my web app code and using it?

If I can use chrome inspector to view all my files, then surely someone else can too and just host the files themselves, right? If so, how do people stop this from happening?

2 Answers

Riku S.
Riku S.
11,322 Points
Riku S.
Riku S.
11,322 Points

Web apps are always using some server side language like php, so you will not see all the files and code by using chrome inspector. You can only see the html that is created (output) by some other language, css and js files, images etc.

If you're talking about basic websites, well, they are easy to duplicate, but why would someone want to do that? It's illegal and that doesn't make anyone a better developer. But inspecting the codes and trying by yourself will make you a better coder for sure.

Marty Hitchcock
Marty Hitchcock
13,108 Points

My app is entirely made up of html/css/javascript, so it is all there for people to see.

Gunhoo Yoon
Gunhoo Yoon
5,027 Points
Gunhoo Yoon
Gunhoo Yoon
5,027 Points

As far as I know you cannot hide client side components like html/css/javascript. It is like a software or games where user get full control of the shipped product.