Automated Accessibility Testing

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Deque’s axe-core is an open source JavaScript accessibility engine that finds about half of common issues automatically — in one audit of 65 apps it flags 50% of problems — and runs in any browser, supports Shadow DOM and cross-domain iframes, and adds WCAG 2.1 rules. Extensions for Chrome and Firefox, an NPM module, axe-core CLI, and React Axe integration inject and run checks in real time, produce actionable failures with low false positives, link to DQ University fixes, and feed CI pipelines.

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1. 0:00Introduction and context
2. 3:01The case for accessibility
3. 11:22Introducing axe-core
4. 14:10Browser extensions and usage
5. 16:56Integrating axe into workflows
6. 20:27Command line interface
7. 21:53React and other frameworks
8. 23:18Future roadmap and conclusion

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