Additionally, Part 4 – Testing covers both automated and manual testing.
There are also many considerations across the layers of an application from how to lay out your HTML to how to store and load your user’s preferences.Īnother example of the thoroughness is the way the book is full of references to standards and further reading. I will admit that I had a pretty limited concept of how different peoples’ accessibility needs can be, so that was valuably eye-opening. However, the opening chapter covers what the author calls “Diversity of Abilities” and makes it clear that there’s a lot more to accessibility than alt-text and video captions.
I won’t suggest that Kopacz covers every aspect of accessibility, because that seems close to impossible. Then it’s all tied together with a section on testing. Kopacz then builds on the JavaScript by delving into progressive enhancement. After some necessary definitions, she starts with the HTML. Kopacz starts out by setting the rules and expectations for the book. Most importantly, I can easily remember the “shape” of the book for when I need to refer back to it later. The structure and flow makes sense and matches they way I approach web development. The information is presented in a way that makes it easy to process and digest and I think I’ll be more likely to retain the bulk of it because of that. I’m pointing this out not because I’m about to start gatekeeping, but because I believe that this book has value no matter where you are in your career and how you got there. With a degree in IT, I took a more traditional route into development.
I’m going to start out by saying that I’m not a “Bootcamper”. I recently read The Bootcamper’s Guide to Web Accessibility by Lindsey Kopacz and wanted to share my thoughts.