Modern Front End Fundamentals

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Semantic HTML and Accessibility

Part 1:

Semantic HTML and Accessibility

HTML is the foundation

Semantic HTML introduces meaning to content

<!-- Semantic Button -->
<button onclick="doSomething()">Click Me!</button>

<!-- Non-Semantic Button -->
<div class="button" id="doSomethingButton">Click Me!</div>
<script>
document.getElementById('doSomethingButton').addEventListener('click', () => {
	doSomething();
});
</script>
<!-- Presentational Element -->
<b>This text is bold</b>

<!-- Semantic Element -->
<strong>This text is bold, and screen readers will tell the user it's important</strong>
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	<h1>Page Title</h1>
	<p>Lorem ipsum dipsum squiggily hokey pokey.</p>
	<a>Click here!</a> 
	<img src="my-image.jpg"> 
	<ul>
		<li>List Item</li>
	</ul> 
	<ol>
		<li>Numbered list item</li>
	</ol>
<header> <!-- Content is here --> </header>

<main> <!-- Content is here --> </main>

<footer> <!-- Content is here --> </footer>
<article></article>

<section></section>

<aside></aside>

<nav></nav>
<header>
	<h1>Site Title</h1>
	<nav>
		<a>Menu item</a>
	</nav>
	<form>
		<input name="search">
		<button>Search</button>
	</form>
</header>
<footer>
	<p>© Copyright @amys_kapers 2021</p>
</footer>
<main>
	<h2>Heading</h2>
	<p>Content here</p>
	<img src="my-image.png" />
</main>
<body>
	<header></header>

	<main></main>

	<footer></footer>
</body>

<article>
	<h2>Post title</h2>
	<p>Post content is here. It's really interesting, you should definitely keep reading</p>
</article>


<section>
	<h2>Section Title</h2>
	<p>This section makes sense all by itself.</p>
	<p>But it also makes sense as part of the whole page.</p>
</section>

<aside>
	<p>This content is related to the article it's in, and is probably off to the side of the page.</p>
</aside>

<nav>
	<a href="/">Home</a>
	<a href="/about">About</a>
	<a href="/contact">Contact</a>
</nav>

ARIA Accessible Rich Internet Applications

<div role="header"> </div>

<div role="button" aria-label="Click me"> </div>

<div aria-hidden> </div>
<div class="nav_menu" role="navigation">
	<!-- Navigation links go here -->
</div>

<nav>
	<!-- Navigation links go here -->
</nav>

First rule of ARIA use: If you can use a native HTML element with the semantics and behavour already built in, instead of repurposing an element and adding an ARIA role, state or property then do so.

W3C ARIA Guidelines
<!-- Linking a label and input using the `for` and `id` attributes -->
<label for="firstname_field">First Name</label>
<input id="firstname_field" name="first_name" />

<!-- Linking a generic or un-described link with a label -->
<h2 id="html_and_a11y">Semantic HTML and Accessibility</h2>
<p>
	To get started we're looking at HTML which is the foundation of the web...
	<a href="/html-and-a11y" aria-labelledby="html_and_a11y">Read more</a>
</p>
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CSS Layouts and Modern CSS

  • CSS Grid
  • Flexbox
  • Floats

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File: ./styles/main.css

/* Turn on CSS Mode then write your CSS styles here */

Day 1 Completed 🥳