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Open Source JavaScript Library Released For Accessibility Testing

Posted by Soulskill on from the in-body-spray-form dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Deque Systems, a company which focuses on web accessibility, has just released aXe (The Accessibility Engine). aXe is an open-source JavaScript library consisting of accessibility testing rules which can be integrated into any testing framework that supports JavaScript execution. The intent behind aXe is to allow developers testing their products for accessibility compliance to easily integrate a common set of rules into their workflow. The goal is to standardize both automated accessibility testing and test results, and to make incorporating accessibility testing and compliance into web-based products easier for developers. The source code is available on GitHub.

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  1. Re:Fuck you, Deque Systems by NotInHere · · Score: 5, Informative

    Javascript is a scripting language. It has weak typing. In order to be sure of *anything*, you *have* to test. I agree, using jquery is as stupid as using boost. But you still have to test your application, and best you do it automated. That's what these frameworks are for.

  2. tota11y by mpol · · Score: 2

    Also make sure to check out Tota11y:
    http://khan.github.io/tota11y/?ref=hn

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  3. Re:Fuck you, Deque Systems by POWRSURG · · Score: 2

    Or he could be the type that needs to worry about low powered mobile devices (like the type that Firefox OS initially targeted). Those devices would choke HARD trying to load jQuery.

    Don't get me wrong, I definitely see the value in jQuery since it even fixes bugs in modern browsers. But lets not assume that just because someone is shying away from it that they are some newb that doesn't know better.

    If I am writing a few line script for something then yes, I will spend the extra few minutes to first try to avoid using jQuery when I can. Adding a 100 kb (just guessing, I have not checked it lately) JavaScript library so that I can write what I want in 10 lines of jQuery rather than 60-100 lines of vanilla JavaScript just doesn't seem reasonable in my eyes.

  4. Re:Fuck you, Deque Systems by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 2

    I did a PC refresh project at a hospital a few years ago that replaced older Win XP PCs with newer Windows 7 PCs that had higher hardware specs. That was the first step in rolling a virtual desktop solution where users log into the network and download their desktop to the local PC. It might be easier to roll out Windows 10 in a virtual desktop environment.