Scalability Essentials: Angular Accessibility Has Bigger Impact Than You Think

Years ago I thought accessibility was for 0.1% of people. Working on apps serving millions of users taught me it’s about way more people, who have to be included when building scalable Angular apps

One of the main goals of us, frontend software engineers, is to make sure the apps we build are accessible to as many people as possible. There are many ways to ensure that, for example having great designs, but also being really focused on how the app works. Testing it in multiple browsers, on multiple resolution, screen orientations and so on.

But the term “accessibility” isn’t really about it, but, as Wikipedia says:

Web accessibility, or eAccessibility,[1] is the inclusive practice of ensuring there are no barriers that prevent interaction with, or access to, websites on the World Wide Web by people with physical disabilities, situational disabilities, and socio-economic restrictions on bandwidth and speed. When sites are correctly designed, developed and edited, more users have equal access to information and functionality. (source)