Viewing Page Source

Why is HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code made available to all users?

The creator has selected to make it public so that it may be copied.

Law in the U.S. requires that all code be made publicly available.

You can only view the HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code of web pages that you created.

Because the browser needs to download these files to the users machine in order to display the webpage, the code must be publicly accessible.

What are you able to do with the HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code of web pages you find on the Internet?

View, download, and modify

View and download, but not modify

View and modify, but not download

You cannot view, download, or modify the code

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Determine your hacker level!

Novice Hacker:

Go to https://www.flickr.com and find the hidden message in the source.

Intermediate Hacker:

Find the web address (URL) hidden in this lesson's page. Go to that website and find the icon image that is shown in the tab along with the title. Hint: the icon image is an ico file. Find the URL of that image.

Expert Hacker:

On the Assessment tab of this lesson's page, each problem is displayed on a pink background. Find the HTML code for that color in the page source.

nothing extra for this lesson :(