Suzanne Aitchison articles - 31 total
What Cypress E2E testing has taught us about our code
A little over a year ago Forem introduced End to End testing to the app using Cypress. Since that...
Assistive technologies your users might be using
I've found that when developers talk about accessibility, we often make the assumption that...
5 years in tech, and she's still coding
The #shecoded prompt this year made me realise that 2022 officially marks 5 years in tech for me!...
Feature update: tag selector
Hello DEV community! Just a quick update to let you know about a new feature we've rolled out: a new...
How we made the markdown toolbar
You might have seen a new feature arrive in the editor this week - the markdown toolbar: ...
5 things I'm thinking about when I check a Pull Request for accessibility
(Photo by Cookie the Pom on Unsplash) Developing reliable, accessible, apps is really a whole-team e...
I joined the Forem team!
I'm delighted to say I'm starting 2021 with a new role in the Forem team as a Software Engineer where...
3 experiments with CSS paper effects
Over the last few days I've been playing around with a few paper-inspired CSS effects in CodePen, and...
100 Days of CSS Art - Complete! 🎉
100 days ago I joined the 100 Days Project Scotland which "gives anyone, regardless of age or ability...
Get started with CSS art - make a sheep! Step by step
I recently hit the halfway point in my 100 days of CSS art journey - I've learned a lot since I start...
5 lessons from 50 days of CSS art
50 days ago I started out on my project for 100 Days Project Scotland - to create a piece of CSS art...
Accessible images, icons and emojis
This post was originally published at Up Your A11y: Accessible, images, icons and emojis One of the...
Anatomy of a CSS Corgi Ear
Last week I shared that I was embarking on a journey to create 100 CSS images in 100 days - I started...
Join Me for 100 Days of Pure CSS
Today marks the start of the Scottish 100 Days Project, the mission of which is to: give anyone, re...
Refactoring condescending language with alexjs
Last Hacktoberfest I contributed to the GatsbyJS documentation, where they were encouraging refactors...
Becoming an accessibility-focused developer
Do you want to make more accessible apps, but aren't sure where to begin? Do you feel alone or unsupp...
Accessibility-First Integration Tests with React Testing Library
Often when we talk about accessibility testing we focus on either: Browser extension linting tools...
Alt Text Decision Tree - Quick Helper
One of the first things we often learn about good web development and HTML is that we need to add alt...
7 Resolutions for Web Developers in 2020
This post was originally shared via the Ladies of Code Advent Calendar The start of a new year is of...
Do you prefer video or written coding tutorials?
I've been posting here for a little while, and maintain some tutorials over at my site Up Your A11y,...
3 Quick Tasks to Get Familiar with Screen Readers (VoiceOver on Mac)
Getting to grips with the basics of how users interact with your web apps using a screen reader is hu...
How Should Keyboard Navigation Work in Web Applications?
To make your web content accessible for users, it should be navigable by keyboard alone. This benefit...
Getting Heading Levels Right - Including Here on DEV
During Hacktoberfest I spent some time searching for and helping with small accessibility issues in o...
My A11y Hacktoberfest Retro
At the start of this Hacktoberfest, I set myself a challenge: to make my four Pull Requests by findin...
5 Key Takeaways From the WebAIM Screen Reader User Survey
The results from the latest WebAIM Screen Reader User Survey have recently been published, and I thou...
Let's Fix Some A11y Issues this Hacktoberfest 👩💻👨💻
With Hacktoberfest just around the corner I started thinking about what I would like to contribute th...
PSA: Stop Hard-Coding Heading Levels in Your React Components
(This post was originally posted on Up Your A11y - Heading Levels in Reusable Components) R...
Page Titles and A11y in Single Page Applications (esp. React & Vue)
(A version of this post which only detailed a React implementation was originally posted on Up Your A...
Handling route changes in React, accessibly
(This post was originally published at Up Your A11y: Handling Focus on Route Change in React) Any cl...
A problem only Gatsby could solve?
A little while ago I set out to create a site that collated tutorials and articles about...