Understanding Logical Focus Order
Logical focus order is a key element of web accessibility and is required by WCAG 2.1 in order to meet Level A standards. Let's dive into…
DevYarns
Rachel Leggett spins some yarns about web development, web accessibility, and other tech topics in the DevYarns blog.
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Just F*ing Ship It Challenge 2020 - My Project Recap
The Challenge Each year in October, Women Make holds a month-long, non-competitive hackathon called Just F * ing Ship It . The goal is to…
Why and How to Start Manual Accessibility Testing
How many times have you seen a tweet like this? Proud to say my website is fully accessible! #a11y I don't want to diminish the effort it…
How to Know Whether to Use a Button or a Link for Accessibility
When we write JavaScript applications and we're adding click event listeners all over the place, it can be hard to know which element is the…
Five Ways to Write Better Alt Text
It's easy to write minimally-compliant alt text. Just stick anything at all in there and automated testing tools will be happy. But if you…
How to Give a Talk Without Being an Expert
I gave my first conference talk in July 2020, which as of this writing was last month! I spoke at WPCampus 2020 Online on how to improve…
How to Add "Click to Tweet" Links to Your Gatsby Blog
At the bottom of each of my posts, I have a link that says "click here to share this post on Twitter." Clicking this link opens a new, small…
Beginner's Guide to Blogging with Gatsby: The Blog Post Template
This tutorial assumes your blog uses Gatsby and that your Gatsby blog already has a blog post template that displays content from Markdown…
How to Make Emojis Accessible in HTML
When I recently rewrote the bio on my personal website , I added some emojis to add some personality and visual interest. To make sure…
5 Tips for Getting the Most out of Video Coding Tutorials
When it come to learning a new programming language, concept, framework, or library, I usually have the most success with following video…