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Brittany is a software engineer for Formidable Labs. She’s a team lead for some client work and likes to poke around in their open-source stuff in her free time. Last year she gave a talk at ReactConf called ‘Accessibility is a Marathon, Not a Sprint’. She talks about her background and how she came to specialize in accessibility. Brittany believes there are a lot of small things you can do to make your website more accessible, and that following best practices in accessibility makes the website easier to navigate for the able-bodied as well. She emphasizes that having accessibility in mind from the get-go will make your website more organized overall and that making things more accessible is as easy as starting with semantic HTML. Brittany and Charles discuss the moral responsibility for businesses to make their website accessible and whose responsibility it is to enforce accessibility. Brittany feels that accessibility really isn’t that hard, but people just don’t know what it looks like or where to get started.Brittany shares some methods to improve accessibility that take very little extra effort. One of the best things you can do is use semantic HTML. To learn things like what is a header, footer, article tag, etc. is, she advises listeners to consult the documents. She talks about the importance of a good pull request and even enlisting coworkers to help you to remember to use these accessibility-friendly methods. Charles and Brittany talk about using heading outline extensions to help you see what content is getting scraped off your site. Once semantic HTML is in place, they suggest testing to see if your site works with accessibility tools like screen readers, or if you can navigate with just a keyboard. They talk about different extensions that mimic visual impairments to ensure your pages are readable. The show concludes with Brittany talking about how this all ties into React. Panelist  Charles Max Wood  Guest  Brittany Feenstra  Sponsors  NxPlaybook.com - Use code ‘NXDEVCHAT’ for 50% off the official https://nx.dev/React Advanced Workspaces course!    Sentry | Use the code “devchat” for $100 credit  ____________________________&gt; "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today!____________________________________________________________Links  Formidable Labs   Accessibility is a Marathon, not a Sprint   Deaf man sues Pornhub over lack of captions   HTML elements reference   Eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y-npm   headingsMap for Chrome   headingsMap for Firefox   Marcy Sutton   noCoffee   Color contrast analyzer   Writing Automated Tests for Accessibility   Lighthouse   Axe by Deque   JSJ 344: Inclusive Components with Heydon Pickering  PicksBrittany Feenstra  Follow Brittany on Twitter   Inclusive Components by Hendon Pickering   Becoming by Michelle Obama  Charles Max Wood  The Name of the Wind   Group coaching course for finding jobs and staying current   devchat.tv/workshops    Special Guest:  Brittany Feenstra. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy &amp; Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Brittany is a software engineer for Formidable Labs. She’s a team lead for some client work and likes to poke around in their open-source stuff in her free time. Last year she gave a talk at ReactConf called ‘Accessibility is a Marathon, Not a Sprint’. She talks about her background and how she came to specialize in accessibility. Brittany believes there are a lot of small things you can do to make your website more accessible, and that following best practices in accessibility makes the website easier to navigate for the able-bodied as well. She emphasizes that having accessibility in mind from the get-go will make your website more organized overall and that making things more accessible is as easy as starting with semantic HTML. Brittany and Charles discuss the moral responsibility for businesses to make their website accessible and whose responsibility it is to enforce accessibility. Brittany feels that accessibility really isn’t that hard, but people just don’t know what it looks like or where to get started.Brittany shares some methods to improve accessibility that take very little extra effort. One of the best things you can do is use semantic HTML. To learn things like what is a header, footer, article tag, etc. is, she advises listeners to consult the documents. She talks about the importance of a good pull request and even enlisting coworkers to help you to remember to use these accessibility-friendly methods. Charles and Brittany talk about using heading outline extensions to help you see what content is getting scraped off your site. Once semantic HTML is in place, they suggest testing to see if your site works with accessibility tools like screen readers, or if you can navigate with just a keyboard. They talk about different extensions that mimic visual impairments to ensure your pages are readable. The show concludes with Brittany talking about how this all ties into React. <h2>Panelist</h2><ul> <li> Charles Max Wood </li> </ul><h2>Guest</h2><ul> <li> Brittany Feenstra </li> </ul><h2>Sponsors</h2><ul> <li> <a href="http://nxplaybook.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NxPlaybook.com</a> - Use code ‘NXDEVCHAT’ for 50% off the official<a href="https://nx.dev/React" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://nx.dev/React</a> Advanced Workspaces course!  </li> <li> <a href="http://sentry.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sentry</a> | Use the code “devchat” for $100 credit </li> </ul><h2>____________________________</h2>&gt; "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon.<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B081MBL5C9/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;language=en_US&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;linkId=9d61363241636e2546ef46abba198746&amp;tag=devchattv-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Get Your Copy Today!</a><h2>____________________________________________________________</h2><h2>Links</h2><ul> <li> <a href="https://formidable.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Formidable Labs</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONSD-t4gBb8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Accessibility is a Marathon, not a Sprint</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/deaf-man-sues-pornhub-lack-closed-captions/story?id=68354500" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Deaf man sues Pornhub over lack of captions</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HTML elements reference</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y-npm</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/headingsmap/flbjommegcjonpdmenkdiocclhjacmbi?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">headingsMap</a> for Chrome </li> <li> <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/headingsmap/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">headingsMap for Firefox</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://marcysutton.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Marcy Sutton</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/nocoffee/jjeeggmbnhckmgdhmgdckeigabjfbddl/related" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">noCoffee</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/color-contrast-analyzer/dagdlcijhfbmgkjokkjicnnfimlebcll?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Color contrast analyzer</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.deque.com/blog/writing-automated-tests-accessibility/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Writing Automated Tests for Accessibility</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://developers.google.com/web/tools/lighthouse/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lighthouse</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.deque.com/axe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Axe by Deque</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://devchat.tv/js-jabber/jsj-344-inclusive-components-with-heydon-pickering/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">JSJ 344: Inclusive Components with Heydon Pickering</a> </li> </ul><h2>Picks</h2>Brittany Feenstra<ul> <li> Follow Brittany on <a href="https://twitter.com/brittanyirl?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2019/11/inclusive-components-prerelease/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Inclusive Components by Hendon Pickering</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.changinghands.com/book/9781524763138" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Becoming by Michelle Obama</a> </li> </ul>Charles Max Wood<ul> <li> <a href="https://amzn.to/37Dy9xg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Name of the Wind</a> </li> <li> Group coaching course for finding jobs and staying current <ul> <li> <a href="https://devchat.tv/workshop" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">devchat.tv/workshops</a> </li> </ul> </li> </ul>Special Guest: Brittany Feenstra. Advertising Inquiries: <a href="https://redcircle.com/brands" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy &amp; Opt-Out: <a href="https://redcircle.com/privacy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

RRU 098: Accessibility Made Easy with Brittany Feenstra

Brittany is a software engineer for Formidable Labs. She’s a team lead for some client work and likes to poke around in their open-source stuff in her free time. Last year she gave a talk at ReactConf called ‘Accessibility is a Marathon, Not a Sprint’. She talks about her background and how she came to specialize in accessibility. Brittany believes there are a lot of small things you can do to make your website more accessible, and that following best practices in accessibility makes the website easier to navigate for the able-bodied as well. She emphasizes that having accessibility in mind from the get-go will make your website more organized overall and that making things more accessible is as easy as starting with semantic HTML. Brittany and Charles discuss the moral responsibility for businesses to make their website accessible and whose responsibility it is to enforce accessibility. Brittany feels that accessibility really isn’t that hard, but people just don’t know what it looks like or where to get started. Brittany shares some methods to improve accessibility that take very little extra effort. One of the best things you can do is use semantic HTML. To learn things like what is a header, footer, article tag, etc. is, she advises listeners to consult the documents. She talks about the importance of a good pull request and even enlisting coworkers to help you to remember to use these accessibility-friendly methods. Charles and Brittany talk about using heading outline extensions to help you see what content is getting scraped off your site. Once semantic HTML is in place, they suggest testing to see if your site works with accessibility tools like screen readers, or if you can navigate with just a keyboard. They talk about different extensions that mimic visual impairments to ensure your pages are readable. The show concludes with Brittany talking about how this all ties into React.  Panelist   Charles Max Wood   Guest   Brittany Feenstra   Sponsors   NxPlaybook.com - Use code ‘NXDEVCHAT’ for 50% off the official https://nx.dev/React Advanced Workspaces course!    Sentry | Use the code “devchat” for $100 credit   ____________________________ &gt; "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! ____________________________________________________________ Links   Formidable Labs   Accessibility is a Marathon, not a Sprint   Deaf man sues Pornhub over lack of captions   HTML elements reference   Eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y-npm   headingsMap for Chrome   headingsMap for Firefox   Marcy Sutton   noCoffee   Color contrast analyzer   Writing Automated Tests for Accessibility   Lighthouse   Axe by Deque   JSJ 344: Inclusive Components with Heydon Pickering   Picks Brittany Feenstra   Follow Brittany on Twitter   Inclusive Components by Hendon Pickering   Becoming by Michelle Obama   Charles Max Wood   The Name of the Wind   Group coaching course for finding jobs and staying current   devchat.tv/workshops   

Brittany is a software engineer for Formidable Labs. She’s a team lead for some client work and likes to poke around in their open-source stuff in her free time. Last year she gave a talk at ReactConf called ‘Accessibility is a Marathon, Not a Sprint’. She talks about her background and how she came to specialize in accessibility. Brittany believes there are a lot of small things you can do to make your website more accessible, and that following best practices in accessibility makes the website easier to navigate for the able-bodied as well. She emphasizes that having accessibility in mind from the get-go will make your website more organized overall and that making things more accessible is as easy as starting with semantic HTML. Brittany and Charles discuss the moral responsibility for businesses to make their website accessible and whose responsibility it is to enforce accessibility. Brittany feels that accessibility really isn’t that hard, but people just don’t know what it looks like or where to get started. Brittany shares some methods to improve accessibility that take very little extra effort. One of the best things you can do is use semantic HTML. To learn things like what is a header, footer, article tag, etc. is, she advises listeners to consult the documents. She talks about the importance of a good pull request and even enlisting coworkers to help you to remember to use these accessibility-friendly methods. Charles and Brittany talk about using heading outline extensions to help you see what content is getting scraped off your site. Once semantic HTML is in place, they suggest testing to see if your site works with accessibility tools like screen readers, or if you can navigate with just a keyboard. They talk about different extensions that mimic visual impairments to ensure your pages are readable. The show concludes with Brittany talking about how this all ties into React.  <h2>Panelist</h2> <ul> <li> Charles Max Wood </li> </ul> <h2>Guest</h2> <ul> <li> Brittany Feenstra </li> </ul> <h2>Sponsors</h2> <ul> <li> <a href="http://nxplaybook.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NxPlaybook.com</a> - Use code ‘NXDEVCHAT’ for 50% off the official<a href="https://nx.dev/React" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://nx.dev/React</a> Advanced Workspaces course!  </li> <li> <a href="http://sentry.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sentry</a> | Use the code “devchat” for $100 credit </li> </ul> <h2>____________________________</h2> &gt; "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon.<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B081MBL5C9/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=devchattv-20&amp;linkId=9d61363241636e2546ef46abba198746&amp;language=en_US" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Get Your Copy Today!</a> <h2>____________________________________________________________</h2> <h2>Links</h2> <ul> <li> <a href="https://formidable.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Formidable Labs</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONSD-t4gBb8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Accessibility is a Marathon, not a Sprint</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/deaf-man-sues-pornhub-lack-closed-captions/story?id=68354500" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Deaf man sues Pornhub over lack of captions</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HTML elements reference</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y-npm</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/headingsmap/flbjommegcjonpdmenkdiocclhjacmbi?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">headingsMap</a> for Chrome </li> <li> <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/headingsmap/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">headingsMap for Firefox</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://marcysutton.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Marcy Sutton</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/nocoffee/jjeeggmbnhckmgdhmgdckeigabjfbddl/related" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">noCoffee</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/color-contrast-analyzer/dagdlcijhfbmgkjokkjicnnfimlebcll?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Color contrast analyzer</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.deque.com/blog/writing-automated-tests-accessibility/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Writing Automated Tests for Accessibility</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://developers.google.com/web/tools/lighthouse/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lighthouse</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.deque.com/axe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Axe by Deque</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://devchat.tv/js-jabber/jsj-344-inclusive-components-with-heydon-pickering/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">JSJ 344: Inclusive Components with Heydon Pickering</a> </li> </ul> <h2>Picks</h2> Brittany Feenstra <ul> <li> Follow Brittany on <a href="https://twitter.com/brittanyirl?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2019/11/inclusive-components-prerelease/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Inclusive Components by Hendon Pickering</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.changinghands.com/book/9781524763138" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Becoming by Michelle Obama</a> </li> </ul> Charles Max Wood <ul> <li> <a href="https://amzn.to/37Dy9xg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Name of the Wind</a> </li> <li> Group coaching course for finding jobs and staying current <ul> <li> <a href="https://devchat.tv/workshop" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">devchat.tv/workshops</a> </li> </ul> </li></ul>