Accessibility best practices, device testing and SEO
Andrew Baisden
Posted on July 20, 2020
CSS and JavaScript accessibility best practices
CSS and JavaScript accessibility best practices - Learn web development | MDN
An introduction to Web Accessibility - YouTube
Web Fundamentals | Google Developers
- Using rems/ems instead of px so that the font scales in a uniform way for the webpage or app. So if the user was to change the font size for their browser to something smaller or bigger. All of the font on the website would scale in proportion. So it is very good for accessibility and people who have vision problems. The same applies to everything in the box model too like margin and padding.
- Using developer browser tools like google lighthouse and Accessibility Developer Tools, to audit for performance, accessibility, progressive web apps, and more
- Using buttons for performing actions and anchor tags for leading somewhere
- Using aria-label for buttons with icons as it allows screen readers to give an audio representation of what the button is. As people with disabilities might not be able to see the button clearly or at all
- Using flex box or css grid for tab order. Because if you use floats it breaks the positioning for tab order and keyboard accessibility which works from left to right. Or right to left if you are using a language like Arabic.
- Having an appropriate focused outline colour for focused html elements on a web page. The default colour is blue so if you have a blue button, you could change it to red. Or you could change it to another colour depending on the brand style of your website.
Device and Browser Testing
Apple Ecosystem
Macbook
Use the built in Simulator App for simulating iOS devices
Use system preferences > display to scale the display resolution up and down
Lighthouse
Lighthouse | Tools for Web Developers | Google Developers
Make sure that its installed first
npm install -g lighthouse
# or use yarn:
# yarn global add lighthouse
Using the Node CLI
lighthouse --view https://www.google.com/
Replace the website address with whatever website you want to test
Mobile Phones
Use for testing apps running native
Web Browsers
Use the Inspect Element
Use browser developer tools (React and Vue)
Use Responsive Design mode and the CSS Grid Layout Inspector in Firefox
Windows, Android and Linux
Cross Browser Testing Tool. 1000+ Browsers, Mobile, Real IE.
Cross Browser Testing Tool: 1500+ Real Browsers & Devices
Bug and error tracking
LogRocket | Logging and Session Replay for JavaScript Apps
Sentry | Error Tracking Software — JavaScript, Python, PHP, Ruby, more
Error Tracking & Crash Reporting for Software Developers - Rollbar
SEO Tools
Google Analytics
Google Webmasters – Support, Learn, Connect & Search Console – Google
Useful Links
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Starter Guide - Search Console Help
How to set up your website & monitor its search traffic in Google Search Console | 9to5Google
Create your Google Sitemap Online - XML Sitemaps Generator
Online Sitemap Generator • XML • HTML • RSS • Google
SEO optimisation ideas
https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/
Posted on July 20, 2020
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