Jen Luker

Accessibility advocates often say "use the platform," but why? In this lightning talk, I'll be showing you implementation differences between the behavior of native HTML elements and their DIV counterparts.

2020 Online

React Amsterdam

Button vs Div: What's the Big Deal Anyway?

Come with me on an adventure with a heroic robot, a mad scientist, a feminist, a pilot, and our monster: imposter syndrome.

Come with me on an adventure with a heroic robot, a mad scientist, a feminist, a pilot, and our monster: imposter syndrome. 

Let me share how a sci-fi movie from 1956, starring Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, and Leslie Nielsen, taught me how to recognize imposter syndrome not as the monster hellbent on ruining my romance with an ever-evolving frontend ecosystem, but as a tool to prevent burnout.

2019

UtahJS

"Forbidden Planet" Cured my Imposter Syndrome

Jen takes us on a ‪fascinating‬ journey though computer science's history and pre-history. Learn how weaving helped kick-start the computing revolution.

Yarns, fibers, and fabrics. You have more in common with the weavers of yesteryear than you realize. In this expedition into the past of fiber arts, we'll explore how our coding art is the continuation of our ancestors at the loom, how you can learn lessons from their patterns, and maybe a thing or two about that nice sweater you're wearing.

React Rally

Weaving Tapestries of Code

JSConf US

React Native is a platform that bridges the gap between web programming practices and native mobile technology. How does accessibility fit in when it doesn't quite belong in either camp? 

I'll cover some how-tos of React Native accessibility, provide some insight into testing, and how to convince leadership that the time spent is worth it. This talk is sure to leave you with actionable ways to Be a React Native A11y.

2018

Chain React

Be a React Native A11y

Accessibility in React has been a hot topic in the last few years, but in this talk, we'll be going beyond the basics. We'll explore a data-driven perspective to convince the business to invest in accessibility, then dive into the details of accessibility testing. 

We'll use lighthouse to audit applications, educate ourselves with the axe browser extensions, incorporate eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y into our lint process, and add axe-core to our automated testing suite. You'll leave prepared to add accessibility features to your application.