Developing Keyboard-Accessible Web Products

Many users rely entirely on keyboards and assistive technologies to navigate the web, yet keyboard accessibility is often overlooked in modern development. This text-based course teaches you how to design and build web interfaces that are fully functional without a mouse, ensuring your products are usable by everyone. By working through clear written explanations and practical code examples, you will transform your approach to web development. You will learn how to structure your markup for a natural navigation flow, handle complex interactive components, and meet modern accessibility standards. What you'll learn: - Understand key accessibility terminology, WCAG standards, and how keyboard navigation works. - Use semantic HTML to establish logical focus order and native interactive elements. - Manage focus dynamically using JavaScript for modals, dropdowns, and custom widgets. - Implement accessible keyboard patterns for complex interactive components. - Apply ARIA attributes correctly to convey state and role to assistive technologies. - Test your web pages using keyboard-only navigation and modern browser-based testing workflows. You will start with the fundamental concepts of focusability and document structure, then progress to advanced focus trapping and custom keyboard event handlers. This foundational course is designed for beginner web developers, designers, and QA engineers; no prior accessibility experience is required. Start building more inclusive and compliant web experiences today.