we don't typically rely on static analysis for test coverage for other functional aspects of sites - indeed we use our favourite aforementioned cross-browser testing framework! It feels a shame that the "World’s leading digital accessibility toolkit" should be lacking in providing the ability to integration test with the actual assistive technologies that folks are using to navigate the web.Īs a finger in the air of the limitations of current tooling, this article by Karl Groves from 2012 explains how 40-50% of the WCAG is not feasible to be tested by existing (and I'll admit in some cases also future) tooling. 🧐Īnd with regards to the a11y tools that are out there. Certainly through the likes of the testing library suite and it's guiding principles you can write tests in such a way that it mirrors the customer's usage, but only provides so much confidence, and it very much orientated to mouse, keyboard, and touch users. these browser testing tools tend to lack any visibility or emphasis on a11y. These have evolved to provide a rich collection of reliable APIs and tooling for end-to-end or integration testing sites across a solid matrix of browsers - complemented by looking to the likes of SauceLabs, BrowserStack, and Applitools who can provide an extensive range of browsers and devices so you don't need to worry about purchasing an expensive device cupboard! 💰💰💰īut. "Chosen by Microsoft, Google, development and testing teams everywhere, axe is the World’s leading digital accessibility toolkit."Īlongside our a11y tooling we've seen amazing growth in the landscape of browser testing automation tooling, with the rise of Cypress, Playwright (a new personal fav 🥰), and several other players. There are lots of toolkits out there for ensuring the inclusivity and accessibility of our sites: with the likes axe-core and htmlcs for static analysis, and pa11y, koa11y, and cypress-audit (there are more) for helping us to explore or automate static analysis checks into our CI pipelines. Since this article there have been some developments, check out A11y Unlocked: Screen Reader Automation Tests for the latest!
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