Automated testing is good — checking the basic functionality of a product at high speed and repeatedly.
Accessibility testing is good — making sure that the product is usable productively and comfortably by the maximum number of people.
Automated accessibility testing (AAT) is great and is seen as the “gold standard” by many, but some often curse this accessibility testing, thinking of it as a drag, or an expense that they just do not want to deal with. It is becoming more important than ever — lots of public sector agencies mandate it now and the recent WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) 2.2 rule updates may be catching people out. So, the big question is “How do we do this without breaking the team, the product, and the bank?”
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https://medium.com/p/3b72f950b1b5
