Chris DeMars
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website:https://chrisdemars.net/
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what they talk about
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where they keep going back
- Commit Your Code3 editions2024–2026
- Chain React2 editions2023–2026
- Connect.Tech2 editions2021–2024
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on a stage with
never shared a talk
who talks about the same things
- Marcy Sutton Todd23 talks
- Anuradha Kumari13 talks
- Alex Moldovan11 talks
- Maria Lamardo13 talks
- Martine Dowden9 talks
- Jemima Abu19 talks
| title | conference | date |
|---|---|---|
| The node_modules Iceberg: Mysteries Below the Waterline | Commit Your Code 2026 | 2026-09-02 |
Claims that 60.4% of incidents happen when patches exist but aren’t applied and that transitive dependencies hide most supply chain risk, illustrated by the… | ||
| Silent Execution: Blocking Install-Time Supply Chain Attacks | Chain React 2026 | 2026-07-29 |
Malicious backdoors hit npm packages react-native-country-select and react-native-international-phone-numbers and spread to 134,000 downloads by exploiting… | ||
| Run to the light Carol Anne: Auditing with Lighthouse | Jfokus 2026 | 2026-02-02 |
Lighthouse audits site performance, accessibility, best practices, SEO and limited security; Chrome DevTools flame charts supplement Lighthouse and pair… | ||
| Know Your JS: SBOMs for Frontend Devs | Commit Your Code 2025 | 2025-09-25 |
Shows how to generate a real SBOM for a JavaScript project, using sift (or npm ls --all) to dump full direct and transitive dependencies, pretty‑print with jq… | ||
| Close Encounters of the Data Kind: Exploring UFO Sightings with MongoDB and NextJS | Commit Your Code 2024 | 2024-12-05 |
25 minutes of live demo shows a NextJS React app that reads UFO encounter documents from MongoDB, queries with MongoDB Compass, returns a limit of 30 results… | ||
| Accessibility in the Enterprise: The Relationship of A11y and ROI | Connect.Tech 2024 | 2024-11-18 |
Argues that following WCAG Level AA is the practical defense and target, notes 2,000+ lawsuits in 2020 and examples of six-figure settlements (one cited at… | ||
| Demystifying the Dreaded A/B Test | Vueconf.US 2023 | 2023-05-24 |
Starts with a concrete claim: target retention will increase by 20% and the goal is to hit that target not overshoot it. Uses Split Software feature flags, a… | ||
| Incorporating screen readers into React Native development for improved accessibility | Chain React 2023 | 2023-05-17 |
A live demo shows a React Native app where VoiceOver on iPhone initially skips the Twitter icon then, after changes, announces it and opens Twitter with a… | ||
| Common Accessibility Pitfalls | DevReach 2022 | 2022-09-11 |
Argues that accessibility is practical not theoretical: stop using nonsemantic divs, prefer use semantic HTML, add meaningful alt attributes and aria only… | ||
| ARIA A Grande Method Of Accessible Markup | Devnexus 2022 | 2022-04-12 |
Explains ARIA as the fallback when semantics fail, shows concrete attributes (role, aria-label, aria-describedby, aria-live, aria-hidden, aria-checked), and… | ||
| It Came From The Browser | Connect.Tech 2021 | 2021-11-08 |
Walks through modern CSS the browser already supports: live CodePen demos show block-size/inline-size replace width/height (Ionic uses them), accent-color… | ||
| ARIA: A Grande Method Of Accessible Markup with Chris DeMars | REFACTR.TECH 2021 | 2021-08-18 |
ARIA provides attributes that let assistive tech understand nonsemantic widgets so complex interfaces become usable by people with disabilities, and the talk… | ||
| I Can't See: Low Vision A11y & Users | Future Sync 2020 | 2020-04-16 |
Low vision means impairments that glasses cannot fix, including color vision deficits, reduced acuity and contrast sensitivity; global counts cite about 1.4… | ||
| Focusing on Focus | UX Burlington 2019 | 2019-05-10 |
Claim: removing browser focus outlines breaks keyboard and assistive-tech users, and accessible focus can be restored without losing brand styling. Shows live… | ||
| Believe in the Power of CSS | JSHeroes 2019 | 2019-04-11 |
You know that song by Huey Lewis and the News, The Power of Love? "First time you feel it, it might make you sad." Might be how you feel about CSS right? What… | ||
| Accessibility for Everyone or Accessibility 101 | VueConf US 2019 | 2019-03-25 |
States that 20 percent of people worldwide — about 1.4 billion — have impairments and lists five impairment categories, so focus is on concrete fixes not… | ||
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