A11y Beyond the Theory: Integrating Accessibility Testing Into Your Workflow

Ensuring that we build accessible solutions is about more than the moral obligation of removing accessibility barriers for all. It has significant financial and commercial implications too. While the theory appears to be understood, accessibility considerations in software solutions are still treated as a nice-to-have and an afterthought. One of the big reasons for this is that testing for accessibility requires extra work.

In this hands-on talk, we'll go through a brief outline of what a11y is and its importance. We'll then dive into key practical tools that can be used by everyone in the software development lifecycle to ensure that the solutions we produce are as accessible as possible.

Vorkenntnisse

• No special knowledge is required.

Lernziele

• Attendees will learn what accessibility is, why it is important, how to measure it and how to automate testing for it to build accessible solutions on the web.