Newline – The Approachable Guide to Accessible Components

Explore fundamental accessibility concepts and apply your knowledge by building real-world UI components. This course provides a solid foundation that you can build upon with relevant examples that help make the concepts "stick". Learn the ethos behind why accessibility is important, what the techniques are to create accessible components, and how to apply those principles when building out sample components. By the end of this course, you will have built a "lens" for accessibility, created practical components that meet accessibility standards, and obtained the skills to identify and address accessibility issues.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
ARIA and its role in assistive technology.
Using proper labels and inputs to craft accessible forms.
Testing for accessibility using tools like screen readers and browser extensions.
Definitions of common accessibility terminology and acronyms.
Ensuring color contrast and visual affordances for interactive elements.
How to manage focus and keyboard interactions.
How to leverage modern UI patterns like headless components to build accessible components.
Why Accessibility Feels Daunting
Accessibility is a broad and massive topic that includes a myriad of nuances and subtopics.
For many developers, understanding and implementing accessibility is a challenge that often feels different from any other aspect of web development. This challenge is compounded by the fact that accessibility guidelines can seem abstract and difficult to apply in practical scenarios, leading to frustration and uncertainty.
The thing is that accessibility isn't just about writing code. It's about having empathy and understanding the needs of diverse users to ensure that your applications are usable by everyone, regardless of their abilities.
How this Course Helps
The course demystifies the complex world of web accessibility with the following process
Building a Solid Foundation: Establish a deep understanding of core accessibility principles that serve as the groundwork for your learning, ensuring that the concepts you grasp early on will naturally integrate and reinforce the more advanced techniques you'll apply later on in the course.
Practical Projects: Through hands-on projects, you'll apply what you learn in real-world scenarios, making abstract concepts concrete and understandable.
Comprehensive Skill Set: Learn a diverse range of techniques, from established principles to modern practices like headless components, expanding your toolkit for creating more accessible user interfaces.
This course is designed to familiarize you with accessibility standards and ensure you can apply these principles in real-world scenarios effectively. By blending foundational knowledge with practical application, you'll leave this course equipped and confident in your ability to create components that are both functional and inclusive.
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