Ask HN: any way to find out how a specific site is made?
Every time I see an interesting site, I'm curious as to what language it is written in, what framework is being used, etc.
Is there an easy way of finding out this information?
Is there an easy way of finding out this information?
Other than that, Netcraft was useful to know "what's this site running?". That gives you clues of the OS and the possible technologies used.
ie. http://searchdns.netcraft.com/?host=techcrunch.com&x=0&#...
Also you can try post their forms and dig around that to find out clues.
That way you could easily find data about all websites using a particular jQuery plugin, or all websites having a tweet button and so forth.
Would be quite useful for analysis purposes and to gauge the popularity of various frameworks, etc.
Just as an example, what if I wanted to find the number of sites which were using MooTools and had a Twitter button on them, but not a Facebook like button.