If you are a web developer then, you will find the article very important. We come across many amazing websites and you are curious to know how the web developer has built the website or you want to know about the back-end code of the website. Every browser uses these codes to render the web pages.
Even Google and other search engines “read” this code to determine where your webpages should appear in their indexes for a given search query. The source code contains all the useful information about the webpage. Here is a guide, on how you can get the source code on any website in a few clicks. We will also discuss how to download the source code.
What is Source Code?
Before discussing how to get the source code on any website. Let us discuss what the source code is.
The source code is the programming behind any webpage or software. In the case of websites, this code contains all the HTML, CSS, and Javascript of the website.
Web browsers use this code to render the web pages as it contains all the elements and style of how the webpage should look like. Even anyone can view it using some tools for educational purposes and see how it works.
How to Get the Source Code of any Website
Now let us discuss how to view or get the source code on any website. Here are the steps:
Visit the website you want to know the back-end part and follow the following steps mentioned below:
Step 1: Visit the website you want to know the source code. For example, you want to view the source code on thecoderworld.com
Step 2: Right-clicked on the page and select the “view page source” option.
Step 3: Or, simply add view-source: at the beginning of the URL. Your URL will look something like this view-source:http://www.thecoderworld.com
Step 4: Now if you want to download this source code you can use the “Save As” option on the browser.
That’s it, this is how you can get the source code on any website. The above methods work on all web browsers. No matter whatever browser you use.
How to Use the Inspect Element Tool?
You can also use Inspect Element Tool to know more about the website. If you don’t know what is inspect element then check our guide.
Here is how you can use Inspect Element to view the code:
Step 1: Visit any website, you want to get the source code.
Step 2: Right-click on the website and select the “Inspect” option. Or, use the shortcut key Ctrl+Shift+I
Step 3: Now enjoy editing, testing, and changing elements to the panel.
Here are some cool inspect element tips and tricks you can explore.
How to Get the Source Code on Phone
The above methods work only on computers. Now, what if you don’t have a computer to view the source code. Well, You can be glad to know that you can view the source code from the mobile browser as well.
Simply add view-source: at the beginning of the URL. Your URL will look something like this view-source:http://example.com
Note:- This workaround is limited to popular mobile browsers like Chrome and Firefox.
That’s it, this is how you can get the source code on any website. I hope this article was helpful to you. If you liked the article then you can share it with your friends.
