Well, is there a way I can prevent users from seeing a javascript source I put into a page?

Thanks,

motherboardlove

Use a minifier/packer. Speeds up page load times and encrypts the code as a bonus.
Hinthint: With enough effort, you can still decrypt the JS.

Don't you think this is a little counter-productive to the community?

Javascript is client side Scripting. (e.g. it is parsed by the clients browser.) You should look at a ifferent scripting language if it really needs to be hidden.

Its impossible to prevent it. No matter what you do it can always be decrypted given the browser has to do so to use it. Don't waste your time.

We can see the page content by using a sniffer or a raw socket.
Don't wast your time

Same as above - if a browser can render it, it can be copied.

As I recall, JavaScript is executed on the local machine, so you can't really hide it from the user. If you want to hide the script from the user, I would suggest PHP, ASP, or another server-side scripting language for the design.

This is going to be your best bet.

If you want something simpler that will only block simple attempts at your code, you could just dis-able right-clicking.

Even if you were to disable right clicking, one could still view page source with Ctrl+U.

You can always make it slightly more difficult by doing BOTH, minifying/packing AND by storing the js in aseparate file and reference it from your pages, using, e.g.:

<script type="text/javascript" src="minified.js">

As others have said, I doubt that this is possible, as Javascript has to be rendered by the browser. A server-sided scripting language would be a good idea for this sort of thing.

I am a web developer and I spent a month researching every facet of the concept for a client before I had to tell them it wasn't possible... If you made it 100% unreadable or uncrackable it would not load correctly in the browser... You can disguise it yes, but you can't hide it or encrypt it beyond simple tricks... It has to be able to be interpreted by the browser and if it can be read by browser it can be read by man... I can crack most filters or encryptions for both PHP and HTML/JS in about 10 minutes usually...

You can however create a PHP file that cannot be viewed without being called from one of your files.