Accessibility, Web UI & UXAccessibility, Web UI & UX
Conference50min
INTERMEDIATE

a11y testing. From ABC to HiQ.

This talk shares a practical journey into accessibility by building a test suite. It explains when to start, what to test, how to automate checks, and which patterns help developers become more accessibility-aware in everyday development.

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Łukasz Nowak
Łukasz Nowak
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Although accessibility has been a hot topic of dev conferences and meetups for the last couple of years, most websites are not fully optimised for assistive technologies. This is because accessibility seems to be a vast and difficult matter for developers. We simply do not fully understand what has to be covered or how to verify it in the first place.
This talk will walk us through the true story of me starting with accessibility, by creating a test suite. I’m going to explain when it’s most optimal to start such a journey. We will identify what to test effectively as well as how it can get automated. What are the good patterns and how it will make you more a11y-aware during everyday development.
automation
testing
assistive
accessibility
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Łukasz Nowak

Łukasz Nowak

Poland

Software engineer with 15+ years experience. Focused on web-side handled by React, however, pleasuring himself by wandering the areas of software architecture, high quality testing automation, mentoring or unification of frontend development for web and mobile. Occasional speaker covering internal calls, international conferences and everything in between.