Reading the source of a page
Every web page is made of text your browser reads. You can read it too.
- On a computer: press
Ctrl+U(Cmd+Option+Uon a Mac), or right-click and choose View page source. - On a phone: type
view-source:before the address in the browser bar, for exampleview-source:https://code.dre.me.uk/. - Look for blocks that start with
<!--. Those are comments written for humans, and some pages here hide ASCII art and notes in them. - Open the browser console (F12) on the Shards site: it prints a hint about hidden things.
Director's cut: what you see in "view source" is what the server sent. The "Elements" panel in developer tools shows the page after scripts have changed it, so the two can differ.