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Accessibility Tips for Web Developers

Accessibility Tips for Web Developers

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101 Digital Accessibility (a11y) tips and tricks

101 Digital Accessibility (a11y) tips and tricks

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13 ways to level up your site's accessibility ✨

13 ways to level up your site's accessibility ✨

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11 Golden Rules for A11Y

11 Golden Rules for A11Y

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🎞️ Animation for Developers

🎞️ Animation for Developers

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Unusual HTML tags worth knowing 🧩

Unusual HTML tags worth knowing 🧩

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Don't Develop Just for Yourself - A Developer's Checklist to Accessibility

Don't Develop Just for Yourself - A Developer's Checklist to Accessibility

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CSS-Only Accessible Dropdown Navigation Menu

CSS-Only Accessible Dropdown Navigation Menu

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Frontend Developer Resources 2020

Frontend Developer Resources 2020

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The best web accessibility tools for developers in 2021

The best web accessibility tools for developers in 2021

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Web Development === Accessibility

Web Development === Accessibility

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Fix 85% of your Web Accessibility issues in 5 easy steps

Fix 85% of your Web Accessibility issues in 5 easy steps

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Routing: I’m not smart enough for a SPA

Routing: I’m not smart enough for a SPA

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CSS can help improve your HTML⁉ - Ep 1: alt attributes

CSS can help improve your HTML⁉ - Ep 1: alt attributes

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The 3 Short December dev tips about UX&A11y

The 3 Short December dev tips about UX&A11y

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How to build a search bar in React

How to build a search bar in React

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Accessibility tools for designers and developers

Accessibility tools for designers and developers

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5 star rating system - ACTUALLY accessible, no JS, no WAI-ARIA and Semantic HTML! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ [Easily converted to any framework too!]

5 star rating system - ACTUALLY accessible, no JS, no WAI-ARIA and Semantic HTML! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ [Easily converted to any framework too!]

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The Button

The Button

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Accessibility in React

Accessibility in React

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You Are Using Emojis The Wrong Way

You Are Using Emojis The Wrong Way

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Why "Skip Nav" Link is important!

Why "Skip Nav" Link is important!

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An Accessible Dark Mode Toggle in React

An Accessible Dark Mode Toggle in React

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Why your website should work without JavaScript.

Why your website should work without JavaScript.

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How the 7 deadly sins 👿 will make you an Accessibility Expert! 😇

How the 7 deadly sins 👿 will make you an Accessibility Expert! 😇

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Ode to Semantic HTML

Ode to Semantic HTML

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Speech Recognition With Javascript

Speech Recognition With Javascript

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Accessibility beyond 'alt' tag, 'color contrast', and semantic tags

Accessibility beyond 'alt' tag, 'color contrast', and semantic tags

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CSS can help improve your HTML⁉ - Ep 2: buttons and links.

CSS can help improve your HTML⁉ - Ep 2: buttons and links.

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The problem with autocomplete and how to fix it

The problem with autocomplete and how to fix it

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A short guide to help you pick the correct HTML tag

A short guide to help you pick the correct HTML tag

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How I Built My Perfect Score Portfolio Website

How I Built My Perfect Score Portfolio Website

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How Accessibility Taught me to be Better at JavaScript - Part One

How Accessibility Taught me to be Better at JavaScript - Part One

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Building your own color contrast checker

Building your own color contrast checker

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Building an Accessible Reveal-Card

Building an Accessible Reveal-Card

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5 things I'm thinking about when I check a Pull Request for accessibility

5 things I'm thinking about when I check a Pull Request for accessibility

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Fix your portfolio: Common issues I found reviewing your portfolio websites

Fix your portfolio: Common issues I found reviewing your portfolio websites

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JavaScript and Accessibility: Accordions

JavaScript and Accessibility: Accordions

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Two media queries you should care about

Two media queries you should care about

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Hey Tech Recruiter, Here Are Some Tips from a Developer

Hey Tech Recruiter, Here Are Some Tips from a Developer

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Accessible Toggle

Accessible Toggle

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They...just...won't...learn 🤦‍♂️ - a button is a <button>! [Series: Accessibility Rants]

They...just...won't...learn 🤦‍♂️ - a button is a <button>! [Series: Accessibility Rants]

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Testing accessibility with Cypress

Testing accessibility with Cypress

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Automatic Adaptive Images in Angular Applications

Automatic Adaptive Images in Angular Applications

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Accessibility is a priority

Accessibility is a priority

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Accessible, Smooth Scroll-to-top Buttons with Little Code

Accessible, Smooth Scroll-to-top Buttons with Little Code

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7 Resolutions for Web Developers in 2020

7 Resolutions for Web Developers in 2020

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3 CSS Tricks to uncover Accessibility Issues

3 CSS Tricks to uncover Accessibility Issues

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🤷‍♂️ W1y d2s a11y h2e to be so b4y c9d a1d i10e? 👿

🤷‍♂️ W1y d2s a11y h2e to be so b4y c9d a1d i10e? 👿

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Generate Accessible UI Colors with a11y-color-tokens

Generate Accessible UI Colors with a11y-color-tokens

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An HTML and CSS only dark‑mode toggle button.

An HTML and CSS only dark‑mode toggle button.

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Using REM Doesn't Make Your Website Responsive - Here's Why

Using REM Doesn't Make Your Website Responsive - Here's Why

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An Introduction to ARIA States

An Introduction to ARIA States

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It's 🌍 Global Accessibility Awareness Day - Do you actually give a f*ck? Here are 7 reasons why YOU should.

It's 🌍 Global Accessibility Awareness Day - Do you actually give a f*ck? Here are 7 reasons why YOU should.

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Semantic HTML. What, Why, and How

Semantic HTML. What, Why, and How

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The problem with the "typewriter” effect and how to fix it

The problem with the "typewriter” effect and how to fix it

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Style hover, focus, and active states differently

Style hover, focus, and active states differently

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5 amazing Chrome accessibility tools you didn't know!

5 amazing Chrome accessibility tools you didn't know!

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Star-rating using Unicode stars

Star-rating using Unicode stars

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Reducing Motion to Improve Accessibility

Reducing Motion to Improve Accessibility

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