When we talk about accessibility, I feel like there is a lot of focus on the frontend and design aspect of websites. As a backend focused engineer are there any accessibility strategies and things we should keep in mind as we are designing the backend of a website and delivering data to the front end?
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This is a great question. Likely you'd have to collaborate closely with your team to identify these areas. For example, making sure that you expose fields like alt text or aria labels.
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When we talk about accessibility, I feel like there is a lot of focus on the frontend and design aspect of websites. As a backend focused engineer are there any accessibility strategies and things we should keep in mind as we are designing the backend of a website and delivering data to the front end?
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This is a great question. Likely you'd have to collaborate closely with your team to identify these areas. For example, making sure that you expose fields like alt text or aria labels.