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The Chrome Extension All Devs Need

Molly Nemerever on July 22, 2019

We know that developers play a critical role in how the internet is shaped today - from content to functionality to accessibility. But how mindful ...
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Henry Quinn

Doesn't Chrome do this natively through Lighthouse audits?

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Molly Nemerever

Hi Henry! I'm not very familiar with the Lighthouse audits, but I'll play around with it. It is great that there are multiple tools to check accessibility!

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Henry Quinn

It's in Chrome's dev tools.

They actually check all kinds of stuff. Looks like 46 different checks for accessibility, alone.

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Swapnil Naik

Check out sharetab extension. Very handy tool to share current tab link with team mates.

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Peter Cruckshank

Great article, I'm totally going to check this out. I usually just go with eslint-jsx-a11y with my linting, and then run a Lighthouse audit after it's together 😎👍

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Molly Nemerever

Thanks for sharing additional tools Charlie - I'll have to check those out! Color contrast is so important and often overlooked - thanks for shedding light on that topic as well.