Hi, this is a question that I strongly suspect is a bit naive. But anyway, here goes.
I have read the security posts and docs about login and folder security, but what about code security.
In Chrome all you have to do is right click o teh page and ‘View Page Source’. The wappler generated code is so neat and readable that it would be easy to steal the code and take it elsewhere. No decompiling necessary,
Any web programmer knows they can do this, is this worth consideration, if so, how can it be stopped?
There is no way that client side code can be protected. One way to make it harder to read is to minify the code. But even then, a decent text editor like Wappler, can easily unravel that.
The only bit of info that I have ever obfuscated is the email address so that it is harder to be picked up by email harvesters.
Thank you for you wisdom. According to my research after I posted this question, it turns out that I am the sort of person who asks this question.
There are stories out there of web sites being stolen. Only an appeal to the perpetrators conscience can be made, if you find out at all.
Considering that my web site is heading into a commercial competitive arena, this is definitely a concern. I guess that, if it is worth doing at all, only certain tiers of outside interest can be inhibited with obfuscation etc.
It shouldn't be much of a concern and as others have pointed out, there is nothing you can do about it. However, websites can't be 'stolen' in this way - except for basic, static sites. It's not possible to copy the browser source code and use that to create your own version of Amazon or Google - or any other dynamic website. The only way this could be done is by allowing direct access to your server - and that would be a concern.
I guess that, if it is worth doing at all, only certain tiers of outside interest can be inhibited with obfuscation etc.
It's not worth doing at all - at least not for security purposes.
It’s useless.