A podcast for developers interested in building great software products. Every episode, Adam Wathan is joined by a guest to talk about everything from product design and user experience to unit testing and system administration.
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episode 97: 97: Ryan Florence - Building Accessible UI Components
Topics include:
- How modern JS frameworks have made the web less accessible
- How Reach UI is making it easier for people to build accessible components without sacrificing customizability
- The importance of using the correct markup
- How focus trapping works
- Adding keyboard navigation to components in a way that makes sense for screenreader users
- The challenges of building an accessibility-focused UI library
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Links:
- Reach UI
- React Native for Web
- WAI-ARIA Authoring Practices
- VoiceOver
- NVDA
- Hiding elements visually but not from screenreaders
- Ryan's Advanced React Workshop Tour
- Ryan's Online React Courses