Sander Hoogendoorn

Manual vs Automated testing across Dutch government websites. Within the accessibility space, we often say that automated accessibility testing only finds about 25% of potential. Sure there's providers that claim higher hit rates, but I've never ever seen those results, to be honest. But how does automated testing stand against manual assessments. Earlier this week, I highlighted that about 7% of (known) Dutch government websites are marked as accessible. Based on that post, Mike Gifford, CPWA reached out and shared some of the 2024 Web Almanac data with me. He ran automated tests across sites belonging to all EU member states, including NL. There's an interesting difference in that data that highlights the different results you get from automated vs manual testing. He scanned 79 sites (homepage + secondary page) The average score for the automated test? 97.63 / 100 That's a drastically different picture to 7 / 100% when manually testing, isn't it? Some conclusions I draw from this and my experience (and let me know if you agree or not, of course) Automated tests are great for checking strong rule-based checks, like missing alt attributes, invalid code and contrast issues. But they don't interpret context, and have no way of checking if the provided alt text is adequate. They can't determine if an error message is actually helpful. That also won't find compound issues that might arise between multiple components. But, Automated testing is finding its way into development streams, making sure the low-hanging fruits that is testable, is caught before go-live, which is great! The difference shows automated tests can't be your only check. Whether that's a plugin or a accessibility SaaS platform. Manual tests can identify a broader range of potential barriers. An auditor can verify whether that alt text is appropriate or if the ARIA implementation is actually interacting correctly. The manual process also helps identify issues with keyboard or voice navigation and how dynamic content is handled. A combined approach is key. Implementing automated checks is easy. Configuring the output does require some tweaking to ensure you're not chasing the wrong issues or false positives. Automated testing, when relied on solely, gives a false sense of security. While the high automated scores (97.63/100) reflect technical compliance with easily measurable rules, the low manual scores (7/100) reveal the practical inaccessibility of these websites for real users. Manual assessments and actual user feedback are essential. #Accessibility #A11y #AutomatedTesting #ManualTesting #Compliance BTW: Karl Goldstraw suggested I tag my content under one hashtag for grouping, which I did, using his suggested #RonnyTalksA11y hashtag.

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In this Inside #Java Newscast you'll get a look at the goals and history of Project Leyden, and how to evaluate Project Leyden in your projects. https://lnkd.in/gu6EAUz7

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Talking within our team about how finding proper abstractions will often (always) make code structure just 'click' I remembered the share-pie story from DDD - and luckily found this https://lnkd.in/dzZfVngd . It is also, what I remember most from the book.

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Control in the pipeline. This is my 13th blog about the concept of 'continuous everything' that I have described in about 15 books recently. This blog is about Control in the CI/CD secure pipeline, see: https://lnkd.in/eAM_28am More information on this subject can be found in the book Continuous Deployment. Bart de Best [email protected]

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As the cost of code generation goes down because AI can do it faster and less expensively than a human, the cost to benefit ratio of adopting agile/xp practices favors adopting them. We know that AI doesn’t generate the best code sometimes but using tests/types as a specification mechanism reduces the risk that the generated code doesn’t meet the requirements. Being agile is all about fast feedback loops so why slow down the process by forcing a human to validate the generated code afterwards to assure it meets the spec? Don’t like the code it generated? Write another test/type spec to guide the AI in the direction you want it to go. Code is too slow? Write a test to specify the behavior and let AI fix it. Found a security vulnerability? Write a test to reproduce it and let AI fix it. What is stopping your teams from using this flow to more effectively use AI to generate value generating code? I’ve been researching this in my spare time building out an agentic AI system for balanced teams. You can follow athe journey here: https://lnkd.in/e85pUdKz

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In this Inside #Java Newscast you'll get a look at the goals and history of Project Leyden, and how to evaluate Project Leyden in your projects. https://lnkd.in/eu55R8wU

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Low Code learnings with Providit! 📊 Spotted our explainer video featuring expert Robin van Staveren from Providit yet? If not, we’ll share four key takeaways to convince you to watch it today:  1️⃣ Canvas-driven Platform: “You should establish a visual interface to configure components,” Robin points out. The video tells you all about the ways this helps to develop applications quickly and efficiently.  2️⃣ Close Collaboration with End Users: Providit gets together weekly with end users in order to truly understand their needs and deliver high-quality applications.  3️⃣ Complex Applications: From mobile apps to real-time data processing, discover how Providit can build even the most complex applications with OutSystems.  4️⃣ All-in-One Platform: OutSystems provides an integrated solution for version control, debugging, monitoring, and more. This means that development teams can focus on what really matters. #Plaza #LowCode #DigitalSolutions

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In this session, Roy van Rijn pushes Java to its limits! Discover how he managed to process one billion rows of weather data in under 2 seconds. This is a deep dive into parallelism, memory mapped files, Graal native compilation, and more. View talk @ devoxx.co.uk/talk?id=49502

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Software Development: It's Not Just About the Code Our CTO, Stephan Van der Merwe, highlights the often-overlooked aspects of software development that can determine the success or failure of your project. Key Takeaways: 1. Importance of a diverse skillset in software projects 2. Challenges faced by freelancers and small teams 3. Role of DevOps in production and server management Discover how a holistic approach boosts your next project’s success! Schedule a call to see how Covalience, LLC can help you achieve your development goals. www.covalience.io #SoftwareDevelopment #TechSkills #DevOps #ProjectManagement #Freelancing #Covalience

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Before we launched Cillers, we conducted over 300 interviews with developers, architechts and CTOs. What they want to succeed with: Build better software systems, faster. The biggest challenge for all development teams: Minimize the time spent on setting up and maintaining generic and complex infrastructure, and focus instead on building specific functionality that benefits users.  Our Solution: With Cillers you can immediately start writing specific functionality that benefit users and deploy to production right away. And then, your development velocity will stay high because the platform provides all the capabilities and infrastructure that you need with a minimum amount of complexity.  How is that possible? We've selected the world’s best software technologies for each key capability needed to build scalable, reliable, and secure software systems and integrated them into a single turnkey solution: Couchbase, Databricks, Redpanda Data, Kong Inc., Curity and Polytope. Stay tuned! 😀

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Are you always in meetings with other teams to get things done? Are changes in your software system time-consuming? Is your software system getting too complex? Join us on July 17th for an insightful episode of The Agile Within, featuring Solutions Architect, Paul van der Slot, as he will tell the story of an engagement where he successfully tackled these questions firsthand. Subscribe to The Agile Within on your favorite podcast app to get notified as soon as the episode is live. #Agile #TeamAlignment #DomainDrivenDesign #Innovation #Productivity

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Exciting news! 🎉 This week, we're rolling out two new features in Copilot Studio version 9.2: 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗿. ⚙️𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 (𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄):  You can now create collections of reusable copilot components, including topics, knowledge, actions, and entities. Share these collections between multiple copilots within your environment or use solutions to export and import them across different environments to support your application lifecycle management (ALM) scenarios. https://lnkd.in/eTDV9qu9 🔎𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗿: Manage your copilots more efficiently with custom solutions. Create, view, export, and import solutions, set your preferred or default environment, configure pipelines, and customize your solutions directly in Microsoft Copilot Studio. https://lnkd.in/eUd7bJ-Q Stay tuned for more updates and get ready to enhance your Copilot experience! 🚀 #CopilotStudio #NewFeatures #TechUpdate #ALM #PowerPlatform

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Based on my experience, individuals from technical / functional backgrounds, such as - Developers, - QA specialists and - UI/UX designers Already possess many of the essential skills needed to become a Product Owner. To effectively transition into this role, they typically need to focus on developing two additional skills and performing two crucial actions to 'activate' their potential. I have explained this in detail in the attached video. #productowner #developer #QA #designer https://lnkd.in/gXmeY5w3

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𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆: 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝗙𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀💥 Imagine launching new features and updates not in weeks or days but within hours of development. Sound impossible? Not with Continuous Delivery (CD). At EEnexus, we're not just automating the release process – we're engineering a competitive advantage for your software. 💪 The CD is about more than just speed; it is also about reliability and responsiveness in a market where delays can be costly. 👉 Here's the EEnexus CD difference Research tells us that most change efforts fail. Yet change methodologies are stuck in a predigital era. It’s high time to start catching up. https://lnkd.in/gzx43VP At EEnexus, we don't just help you keep up with the competition; we help you leave them in the dust. Our CD solutions empower you to: ✅ Reduce risk ✅ Boost morale ✅ Deploy more often Ready to transform your software delivery process and accelerate your business growth❓ ♻ Connect with EEnexus today, and let's engineer a brighter, faster future together. https://www.eenexus.com/ #continuousdelivery #devops #softwaredevelopment #automation #techinnovation #eenexus

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I gave this talk about Continuous Testing nine years ago. I just watched myself again, and it is still completely relevant for anyone wanting to improve testing for DevOps, DevSecOps, or frankly for anything. Another fact that continues to be true - most organizations have not yet achieved high performance continuous testing, which is holding back their DevOps/DevSecOps performance. #engineeringdevops

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We're excited to unveil our latest innovation—the REST API. This new feature is all about maximizing the functionality and accessibility of your data for better, quicker decision-making. Here’s what Melvin Dekker, our developer, had to say about it: "Data is very valuable, especially data that us used for the planning of your projects. So being able to use that data outside of LYNX makes the data more useful. With the REST API, it's possible to extract data from LYNX and use it in other tools to showcase the data in a different format. This could also be used to import data from other tools to use the full functionality of LYNX on that imported data." Click on the link in the comments to learn how you can get started! #DataIntegration #RESTAPI #ProjectManagement #Innovation

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