What is web accessibility for the web and why does it matter? Mike Gifford, invited expert for the WCAG guidelines at the W3C goes through the 3 things developers should do right now to improve the accessibility of their web apps and websites.
Also, is Drupal still alive, and how do its new AI features make it a contender for your next CMS?
Find out in this 90-minute episode!
Links:
Funka: It Should Be the Other Way Round (https://stiftelsenfunka.org/about-us/columns/it-should-be-the-other-way-round/)
W3C WCAG 2.2 Overview (https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/new-in-22/)
Drupal Umami Project (https://www.drupal.org/project/umami)
Getting Started with Drupal CMS (https://new.drupal.org/docs/drupal-cms/get-started/install-drupal-cms)
DDEV Local Development Environment (https://ddev.com/)
Boye & Company: CMSConnect Conference (https://www.boye-co.com/conferences/cmsconnect24)
10 Most Popular CMS Platforms in Canada (https://www.getsomethinggreat.com/post/the-10-most-popular-cms-platforms-in-canada)
Drupito: A Drupal Resource (https://drupito.com/)
WebAIM Screen Reader Survey 10 (https://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey10/)
Mozilla Hacks: Local Alt Text Generation (https://hacks.mozilla.org/2024/05/experimenting-with-local-alt-text-generation-in-firefox-nightly/)
Accessibility Insights Tool (https://accessibilityinsights.io/)
UNLighthouse Accessibility Insights (https://next.unlighthouse.dev/)
Web Almanac Accessibility Chapter 2024 (https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2024)
CivicActions Accessibility (https://accessibility.civicactions.com/)
OpenACR Editor (https://gsa.github.io/openacr-editor/)
Section508 ACreditor (https://acreditor.section508.gov/)
Mike Gifford LinkedIn Profile (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mgifford)
CivicActions (https://civicactions.com/)
Digital Services Coalition (https://digitalservicescoalition.org/)
Tag1 Consulting: Drupal’s Sustainability Project (https://www.tag1consulting.com/blog/exploring-drupals-sustainability-project-ganders-ability-help-and-how-you-can-too)
Apolitical: Centring Digital Accessibility in Public Services (https://apolitical.co/events/understanding-digital-accessibility-its-significance-implementation-and-benefits)
21 Feb 2025
The AI Disinformation Era w/ Khurram Virani
AI Chatbots have taken over like ChatGPT, Anthropic Claude, and DeepSeek, but what does that mean for education? Are coding bootcamps a thing of the past?
Khurram Virani, founder of Lighthouse Labs, Canada's leading coding bootcamp, discusses the pitfalls of relying on AI and the #1 problem developers face today when using AI: disinformation.
AI Chatbots like ChatGPT give us answers very confidently, and believing them at face-value can make or break our success as new developers. Perhaps, then, we can leverage a system to make sense of all the information, but what does that system look like?
Links:
Khurram Virani, LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kvirani/)
roadmap.sh (https://roadmap.sh/) - Learning pathways for technologists.
continue.dev (https://www.continue.dev/) - Plugin for VS code and Jetbrains IDEs
cursor.com (https://cursor.com) - AI IDE
lighthouselabs.ca (https://www.lighthouselabs.ca/) - Lighthouse Labs, Canada's #1 Coding Bootcamp
teachable.com (https://teachable.com)
thinkific.com (https://free-courses.lighthouselabs.ca/courses/javascript) - Lighthouse Labs Free JavaScript Crash Course
25 Jan 2025
UX Design w/ Carrie Mah
What is UX and why is it important for developers to learn? Carrie Mah, Staff UX Designer and founder of Carrie M Designs, details the #1 mistake developers make when working with UX designers and how to get started in UX Design as a web developer.
Timestamps:
00:02:58 - Her journey into UX design, starting from a computer science education and exploring various roles in software development.
00:05:04 - The importance of understanding user problems and business goals when creating user interfaces.
00:06:02 - How developers can get involved in UX design and collaborate with design teams.
00:07:50 - The value of joining online communities and using free resources to learn UX/UI fundamentals.
00:09:36 - The importance of sketching ideas and focusing on the architecture of an app before jumping into design tools.
00:11:02 - The basics of visual design, including typography and spacing, and leveraging existing libraries and guidelines.
00:11:54 - Using AI tools as assistants for brainstorming and content organization, not as a replacement for the design process.
00:12:27 - The concept of low-fidelity prototyping and its importance in the design process.
00:14:14 - The need for good requirements and user research to solve the right problems.
00:15:55 - The importance of integrating developers in the design process and making sure that the final design is technically feasible.
00:17:48 - Balancing the need to test ideas quickly with having a strategy.
00:23:05 - Common UX mistakes to avoid, such as reinventing the wheel and using the wrong components.
00:32:05 - The need for discoverability and accessibility of key features in user interfaces.
00:42:38 - The iterative nature of design and development and the importance of testing and user feedback.
00:44:17 - Steps for developers to get involved in UX design, starting with learning fundamentals, reaching out to people, applying skills, and building a portfolio.
00:46:22 - The expanding role of UX design, requiring skills in content, business, and communication.
Links:
Carrie's Website: carriemah.com (https://carriemah.com/)
Carrie's LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/carriemah/ (http://linkedin.com/in/carriemah/)
Carrie's Instagram: instagram.com/carriemah.play (https://www.instagram.com/carriemah.play)
calgaryux.com: calgaryux.com (https://calgaryux.com/)
wearedesignx LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/wearedesignx/ (https://www.linkedin.com/company/wearedesignx/)
designbuddies LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/designbuddies/ (https://www.linkedin.com/company/designbuddies/)
adplist LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/adplist/ (https://www.linkedin.com/company/adplist/)
smashingmagazine.com: smashingmagazine.com/ (https://www.smashingmagazine.com/)
Stanford d.school: dschool.stanford.edu/resources/getting-started-with-design-thinking (https://dschool.stanford.edu/resources/getting-started-with-design-thinking)
lawsofux.com: lawsofux.com (https://lawsofux.com/)
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