Talking Drupal Newsletter #316

Oct 19, 2021

Today we are talking about Accessibility with Rain Breaw Michaels.

Topics

We are talking about Accessibility today, but specifically gearing the conversation towards developers. Why?
So many people when coding for accessibility simply provide workarounds. Why can this be dangerous?
What is ARIA?
What is meant by the term Landmarks?
How does this apply to dev’s working with Drupal?
What modules do you recommend?
How can you help content editors maintain accessibility while adding content?
What are common pitfalls you see devs make
How can Javascript help or hurt Accessibility?
In closing, is there anything you would like to add?

Module of the Week

Resources

Clean Talk - Geerling’s Post
Anti-spam by Clean Talk
Acquia Engage
Time Timer
Driven to Distraction
Design of everyday things (Book)
ColorCube - Color Testing Tool
ARIA
WAI-ARIA
HTML 5 Landmarks
Module for decorative images
Editoria11y
Layout Builder
Content Strategy for the Web
PDF Accessibility course on Deque
VPAT
Hanlon’s Razor: “never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity”

Guest

Rain Breaw Michaels - @rainbreaw

Hosts

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan
John Picozzi - www.epam.com @johnpicozzi
Chad Hester - www.chadkhester.com @chadkhester

Chad’s Book Corner

Information Architecture for the Web and Beyond by Louis Rosenfeld, Peter Morville, Jorge Arango

This is the IA standard. While this reads a bit like a textbook, it nails the fundamental components of IA that people should consider when improving the findability and usability of information.

by Chad Hester @chadkhester www.chadkhester.com

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Upcoming Devops Summit: Drupal Static Site -John will be speaking at the Drupal Camp NYC on October 28. Wondering what to do with your old D7 sites? there are over 550,000 D7 still out there in production… One option is to convert your site to a static site and move your D7 site behind your firewall.
This session will take a look at different tools and technologies you can use to convert not only your D7 sites, but also D8 and D9 sites to Static Sites.
We’ll also look at how to handle search, forms and hosting… and how to create a DevOps tool chain to manage the SDLC of Static Sites in production.
Upcoming Presentation: Docker on MacOS Sucks - Stephen will be speaking at Drupal Camp NYC on October 29. Docker on MacOS does not run well. This session does not fix Docker on macOS; that’s too hard. However, Docker (lando, ddev…) does run great on Linux. I know, from experience, it’s hard to get people to switch to Linux. Oh, I’ve tried. But, it’s possible to have the best of both worlds. Use a Mac for things it does well, and use Linux for your Docker containers and everything Linux does well.
In this session, you will learn how to bring a Linux computer into your local development environment. It’s not a complicated setup, and you can do it on a small budget. (Do Mac users have small budgets?)
You can continue using your Mac development tools, and your workflow will stay the same.
Buying a newer, faster Mac will not fix your Docker issues, but Linux will. With this solution, that new M1 may be a possibility. And every web developer is more marketable and valuable with some Linux experience.
Going to Acquia Engage? Stop by and say Hi!
If you are attending Acquia Engage be sure to stop by the EPAM booth and say hi to John and the EPAM team. They will be at the booth all day, presenting on the main stage, and providing case studies in their networking lounge. It’s sure to be interesting, educational, and with out a doubt Engaging.

Upcoming Camps

Drupal Camp NYC 10/28 - 10/30, Virtual
Drupal Camp Costa Rica 2021 - 11/4 - 11/6, Virtual
New England Drupal Camp 11/19, Virtual
Florida Drupal Camp 2/18 - 2/20, In person

Local Meetups

Lunch & Learn - NYC 10/19 - Virtual
Design 4 Drupal Webinar Series: Taking Drupal Layout Builder to the Next Level 10/20 - Virtual
Down to the Wire! Are your D8 to D9 upgrades ready? Fox Valley Drupal Meetup 10/20 - Virtual
Sydney October 2021: Cloud development with DrupalPod + Drupal DXP and Personalization roundup 10/21 - Virtual
7. Drupal DACH Online Meetup 10/21 - Virtual
A11yTalks - Bridging the A11y Gap: Mental Health & the Next Generation 10/27 - Virtual
Nonprofit Technology Summit 10/28 - Virtual
Virtual DrupalNYC Meetup - Nov 3rd 11/3 - Virtual
SFDUG - Designing ‘With’ & Not ‘For,’ rootid’s Evolving Project Process 11/11 - Virtual
Thanksgiving Edition: Give Back by Helping a Non-Profit Drupal Site - Fox Valley Drupal Meetup 11/17 - Virtual