In the second WebExpo episode of Pyjama Talks together with Alex Chudesnov, Senior Front-end Developer at Wrike, we discussed accessibility: what it means, why this aspect is becoming increasingly important in the developer’s work, whether all front-end engineers have to know about it, and whether there is the one accessibility guideline.
Video of Alex's talk at WebExpo: https://slideslive.com/38966127/acces...
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0:11 Introducing our guest — Alex Chudesnov, Senior Front-end Developer at Wrike
0:54 What is accessibility?
2:12 Accessibility VS usability
2:22 Why accessibility has become an important issue only recently?
3:56 Frontend developers have to know a lot of things: algorithms, performance, etc. Is it necessary to dig deep in accessibility as well?
6:11 Accessibility guidelines
7:30 Accessibility at scale: main statements of Alex’s talk at WebExpo