Thanks

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I ❤️ #DeveloperCommunity

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Add alt text to ANY pics that are used on social media!

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Chris DeMars

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Senior Developer Advocate

@chrisdemars.net

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Shownotes

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More about me!

  • International Speaker
  • Love Spooky Stuff
  • Love Tattoos
  • Competitive Paintball Player
  • Competitive Bass Angler
  • From Detroit - 313 BABY!

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HOW SWEDE IT IS!

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Detroit loves you!

Run to the Light Carol Anne

Auditing with Lighthouse

What is an audit?

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A website audit is an examination of page performance prior to large-scale search engine optimization (SEO) or a website redesign.

- https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/website-audit

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What can we audit?

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What can we audit?

  • Site performance - #PerfMatters
  • Compliance
  • Security
  • Accessibility
  • SEO (Search Engine Optimization)

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Why do we audit?

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Why do we audit?

  • Site performance - #PerfMatters
  • Compliance
  • Security
  • Accessibility
  • SEO (Search Engine Optimization)

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Performance

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Performance Resource to Pair with Lighthouse

https://www.webpagetest.org/

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SEO

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Keywords, Structure, Description, Google Analytics, etc.

A Simple (But Effective) 31-Point SEO Checklist

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Best Practices

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Proper doctype, no console errors, etc.

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Proper doctype, no console errors, etc.

<!DOCTYPE html>
979045512?random=171…ent%3Dgtag.config:1 Uncaught (in promise) DOMException:

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Security & HTTPS

<div class="...">
  <a href="..." target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"></a>
</div>

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Accessibility

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Semantic markup and ARIA

<header>
  <!--- Some code goes here --->
</header>
<main>
  <section>
    <!--- Some code goes here --->
  </section>
  <section>
    <!--- Some code goes here --->
  </section>
  <section>
    <!--- Some code goes here --->
  </section>
</main>
<footer>
  <section>
    <ul>
      <li>
        <a href="#" aria-label="Facebook">
          <i class="fab fa-3x fa-facebook-f"></i>
        </a>
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="#" aria-label="Instagram">
          <i class="fab fa-3x fa-instagram-f"></i>
        </a>
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="#" aria-label="Twitter">
          <i class="fab fa-3x fa-twitter-f"></i>
        </a>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </section>
</footer>

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first rule of aria?

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Aria

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Aria

🚫

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How do we audit?

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ALWAYS AUDIT

in incognito!

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OFF WE GO TO CHROME!

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OR

the terminal

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npm install -g lighthouse

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npm install -g lighthouse
lighthouse https://www.fright-rags.com/ -view

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Problems

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fright-rags.com

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perf

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First Contentful Paint (FCP)

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First Contentful Paint (FCP)

First Contentful Paint (FCP) measures the time from when the user first navigated to the page to when any part of the page's content is rendered on the screen.

- web.dev

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First Contentful Paint (FCP)

First Contentful Paint (FCP) measures the time from when the user first navigated to the page to when any part of the page's content is rendered on the screen.

"content" refers to text, images (including background images), <svg> elements, or non-white <canvas> elements.

- web.dev

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Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)

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Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)

LCP reports the render time of the largest image, text block, or video visible in the viewport, relative to when the user first navigated to the page.

- web.dev

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Speed Index

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Speed index

Speed Index measures how quickly content is visually displayed during page load.

- web.dev

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FCP (first contentful paint)

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Speed Index

0–3.4s

0–2.5s

0–1.8s

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a11y

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best

practices

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seo

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Solutions

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Performance

Solutions

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performance Solutions

  • Reduce unused CSS
  • Reduce unused JS
  • Eliminate render-blocking resources

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a11y Solutions

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a11y Solutions

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a11y Solutions

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Accessibility Solutions

  • Use ARIA roles responsibly
  • Fix the color contrast
  • Make sure to list semantic elements properly

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best practices
Solutions

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Best Practice Solutions

  • Use up-to-date API's
  • Make sure there are NO console errors or logs
  • Ensure an effective CSP is in place

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SEO Solutions

We are good!

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BUT...if we HAD issues!

  • Make sure there is a <meta name="viewport"> tag
  • Links should have discernible text
  • The heading level hierachy should make sense

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What did we learn?

  • What a web audit is?
  • How to run an audit in Lighthouse
  • Identifying problems
  • Creating solutions

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Thanks

Chris DeMars | @saltnburnem

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Shownotes

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