Integration of A11y Audits into Test Automation

A11y audits have been one of the essential disciplines of software quality assurance for years. For some time now, these accessibility audits can be performed easily by any end user in the browser (e.g., Google Lighthouse, axe add-on for Firefox, etc.). These checks can be integrated easily into an existing selenium test automation. This session will speak to the pitfalls when doing automatic audits and why they happen. This session will also showcase how these audits can be integrated into an existing test framework using Selenium. Attendees will discover a concrete solution with code examples, how to configure and address the API of the axe-core library, how these audits can be integrated into the CI, how the results can be processed, and what else has to be considered to get significant results. The possibilities demonstrated are based on open-source software and can therefore be used without licensing costs.