Web Accessibility - sparkbox/fundamentals-cohort GitHub Wiki

📓 Accessibility Basics

• Introduction to web Accessibility at Sparkbox
• Learn Accessibility

Learning Objectives

• When to use (or not use) ARIA
• How semantic HTML affects web accessibility
• How CSS affects web accessibility
• Accessibility testing techniques and how they fit into your workflow

Resources

• HTML: A good basis for accessibility article by MDN
• WAVE - browser extension for web accessibility evaluation
• The Dangers of Using WAI-ARIA Incorrectly
• a11y calendar

Testing Guidelines

• Keyboard Testing
• Screen Reader Testing
• "Zoom" Test
• Automated Testing

Practice

• Review the purposefully inaccessible example site to find accessibility barriers. Make a note of which issues you think could be detected by automated testing tools and which could only be found by a person through manual testing. Review your findings against the list of known issues.

Sparkbox's Accessible Component Library

:fire: sparkbox/kindling - This project is a work-in-progress.