- Refactor the extisting code to utilize semantic structure
- Provide accessibility to users with disabilities
This project provided me with insight about users with disabilities that I had previously never considered. How do people that are blind, deaf, or both access the internet? The answer is accessibility functions and it has become clear that it is critical consider these users when developing projects.
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Link to the deployed website: https://cascadecolin.github.io/Week1Refactoring/
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Accessibility features were implemented while the refactoring was being completed in the name of efficiency. HTML and CSS code has been improved utilizing best practices for semantic structure. There was redundant code present in CSS that was removed entirely. The remaining CSS elements were consolidated into a single structure. This had the added benefit of cleaning up the HTML code by removing id and class selectors that were not necessary. All <div> elements were altered to be <section>, <article>, or <img> elements, all of which were wrapped into a <main> element. The main background image, located under the header, was changed to be an <img> element so that an alt attribute could be added for Accessibility. The existing CSS element was also changed to an id rather than a class due to it only being used once by the webpage. Lastly, the CSS elements that were previously consolidated were renamed in order to make them more intuitive for any future developer. Comments were also added to further this goal.
First, HTML alt="" attributes were added to existing <img> elements. This provides users with vision impairments to understand the context of images. Second, WAI-ARIA accessibility features were added to provide context for screen readers. For example, there is a heart emoji in the footer of the webpage. The context of this is to inform the user that the website is "made with love" by Horiseon. However, the default Windows 10 screen reader Navigator reads this page as "Made with red heart by Horiseon". It's hard to say this is made with love when someone that is visually impaired cannot even properly comprehend this line! Therefore, WAI-ARIA features were used to apply context to the webpage.
Microsoft's VS Code was the programming platform used to refactor the code and add accessibility features. Testing for accessibility for screen readers was done using Navigator, the built-in screen reader for Windows 10. A GitHub repository was utilized for version control, as well as provide a streamlined deployment to GitHub Pages. The original code was provided via a GitLab repository.
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