Web accessibility is a vast topic and there are a lot of very good resources around standards and implementation details. But its very hard to know where to begin. In this article, you will learn how to improve your web applications accessibility by following 5 basic techniques. Avoid non-native interactive elements. This is…

Especially in times like the pandemic social media has become more important than ever. To keep informed and stay in touch with your loved ones. Unfortunately, some of them are lacking in inclusiveness and accessibility. Disclaimer: This is not a list of all social media apps there are, just the…

If you want to remove the default branch named master from your git repository this is how it works: On your local machine after initializing your project create a new branch based on master and push it to origin git branch -m master main git push —-set-upstream origin main delete your local master branch …

Many companies posted statements in the recent days that they are allies of minorities and with the black live matters movement. But posting a black square or a rainbow flag on social media is easy. Being an ally is often not. Here are 10 steps about how you and your…

There are many ways to add styles to your frontend applications. One of the most popular ones right now is Styled Components. It not only promises us fast, non-render blocking styles, but also solving our scoping and naming issues. While working with styled-components over the last years, I gained some…

In this article, you will learn how to test React Components for functions and user behaviour in a test-driven way This story is Part 4 of test-driven frontend series. Find the other Parts of the series here: Part1 — Testing strategies Part 2 — How to set up a unit testing Environment Part…

In Part 3 of the Test-driven Frontend series, you will learn about accessibility testing. Around 15% of the world’s population has some form of disability. The internet and smartphones have given voice, eyes, and ears to people who did not have these possibilities before. But this is only achievable when…

When you build a Living Design System, you want the components to be ready to use and stable. To achieve this goal, we want to be able to test our components for three areas: accessibility, design and functionality. In this article, you will learn how to set up a unit…