Automated Accessibility Testing with aXe-core with Dylan Barrell, Marcy Sutton, and Wilco Fiers
Description:
The Deque Labs team is doing some really cool stuff for automated accessibility testing, bringing their years of accessibility expertise to mainstream web developers. The open source axe-core framework, written entirely in JavaScript, supports a bunch of integrations: unit testing, Selenium Webdriver, Chrome and Firefox extensions, Grunt, React and more. Get the low-down on how to integrate accessibility testing into your workflow with the core team from Deque.
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Links, Picks, and Tips:
Marcy Sutton
@marcysutton
Links* axe-core node module
Tips* Get away from the computer and GO OUTSIDE.
Picks* I'm speaking about aXe at npm camp * I'm speaking at React Rally * Installing the Chrome Accessibility Inspector
Dylan Barrell
@dylanbarrell
Picks* Deque University * React & Redux * React Axe - React A11y * Crew Seekers
Wilco Fiers
@wilcofiers
Picks* The WAI Perspectives * Looking for help developing new rules for a11y testing
Brian Lonsdorf
@drboolean
Links* Clarity Conf: Baking Accessibility In by Brad Frost
Tips* Get familiar with your screenreader.
Picks* Gershom Bazerman: Representing Applicatives * Alissa Pajer: Category Theory: An Abstraction for Anything * Practically Functional Programming Workshop
Kent C. Dodds
@kentcdodds
Tips* Don’t spend money on Pokemon Go 😀
Picks* Contributing to React JS * eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y
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