Developing for Accessibility with Aaron Krauss - OKC WebDevs
It’s 2023, and we know that your website needs to function properly for all users - regardless of their capabilities (or else, you know, you could get sued). So how do we do that, when users have such a range of physical and cognitive comfort? That’s what this talk is here for.
This talk was originally given by Aaron at ThunderPlains 2022, but it wasn't recorded or streamed, so if you missed it, this is your chance to catch it live!
In this talk, we’ll be talking about prioritizing accessibility when developing for the web. Despite what we envision, not every user is 100% comfortable as far as mental and physical capabilities go – and there’s no excuse for ignoring that. Building an accessible product almost always leads to a much more well-architected product – so it’s a win-win.
We’ll cover the tools and strategies you can use to aid users with visual, auditory, cognitive, and motor impairments. We’ll discuss contrast, colors, content, keyboard flows, screen readers, section 508 – as well as skip menus, the accessibility tree, hover and focus indicators, ARIA properties, and more.
There’s a lot that developers and designers can do to aid users with impairments – so let’s do it!
Aaron Krauss
Hi, I’m from Oklahoma City, OK, and I’m a technical lead at Clevyr. My favorite projects are those that are workflow-heavy involving Laravel, Flutter, Ruby, Go, Python, SQL, Swift, Docker, CI/CD, and more. Then, I always enjoy building a solid, responsive front-end using tools like Tailwind CSS, Vue, Svelte, and of course, vanilla JavaScript. Craft CMS is pretty neat too.
Other than coding, I like brewing a hot cup of tea, making cocktails, longboarding, learning new things, and hanging out with my wife Layla and son Cyrus. -- Watch live at / techlahoma
