🔑 Key Learning Outcomes

Understand UI Accessibility Principles: Learn the fundamental concepts of making user interfaces accessible, focusing on semantic HTML and ARIA roles to enhance inclusivity.
Implement Focus Management: Gain skills in managing focus in web applications to ensure smooth navigation for users relying on keyboards and assistive technologies.
Test for Accessibility: Develop techniques for testing web apps using tools like screen readers and accessibility insights, ensuring your applications meet accessibility standards.
Optimize Components for Assistive Technologies: Learn to create components that work seamlessly with screen readers and keyboard navigation.
Integrate Accessibility in Development Processes: Understand how to incorporate accessibility considerations early in the software development lifecycle, fostering a culture of inclusion within teams.

👨‍🏫 About the Course

This course equips developers with the knowledge and skills necessary to integrate accessibility into enterprise web applications using React. You will explore UI accessibility, ARIA, focus management, and accessibility testing. Through practical exercises, you will learn how to optimize components for screen readers, utilize semantic HTML, and understand JavaScript's role in accessibility. The course also emphasizes building a culture of accessibility within development teams, ensuring web applications are inclusive and user-friendly for all.

🎯 Target Audience

Developers interested in enhancing the accessibility of their web applications.
Frontend engineers using React who want to build inclusive user interfaces.
Teams aiming to incorporate accessibility into their development workflow.
Project managers and stakeholders looking to prioritize accessibility in product development.

✅ Requirements

Basic understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
Familiarity with React and component-based development.
Experience with web development concepts and best practices.

📖 Course Content

Introduction: Overview of the course's focus on accessibility and its importance in modern web development.
Tips and Tools: Learn about the significance of accessibility, common misconceptions, and practical tips for testing with screen readers and tools available for Windows users.
Prioritizing Accessibility: Understand how to incorporate accessibility into MVPs (Minimum Viable Products) and strategies to prioritize accessibility tasks.
Accessible UIs: Explore foundational accessibility concepts, common issues, and best practices for making buttons, links, and divs accessible.
Visibility Methods: Discover different CSS visibility methods and their implications for accessibility testing.
Testing UI Components: Learn how to test UI components for accessibility, including focus management and the use of tools like axe and Accessibility Insights.
ARIA and Screen Reader Concerns: Understand ARIA name computation, the accessibility tree, and tips for screen reader usage.
Accessibility in JS Apps: Explore accessibility considerations for JavaScript-heavy applications, including focus management and the use of semantic HTML.
Test Automation: Develop strategies for automated and manual accessibility testing, using tools like Jest, Cypress, and axe-core for continuous integration.
Organizational Skill-Building: Learn how to foster a culture of accessibility within your organization, contribute to larger codebases, and prioritize inclusive hiring.