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# Talking Drupal #382 - Automated A11y Testing with Nightwatch
Today we are talking about A11y Test Automation with Nightwatch  with Daniel Mundra and Ben Mullins.

For show notes visit:
[www.talkingDrupal.com/382](https://www.talkingDrupal.com/382)

## Topics
* What is Nightwatch
* Integration with Drupal
* Dev workflow
* How long part of Drupal core testing
* Type of a11y testing
* How does it save time
* How often do you run
* Recommendation on types of projects
* Cypress
* Contrib adoption
* Exceptions and false positives
* Resources

## Resources
* [Whoops library](http://filp.github.io/whoops/ )
* Accessibility testing progress in Drupal core:
    * https://www.drupal.org/project/drupalci/issues/2857808
    * https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/3293469
* [Nightwatch testing](https://www.previousnext.com.au/blog/automate-your-drupal-accessibility-testing-axe-and-nightwatchjs)
* [Talking Drupal #364- Cypress ](https://www.talkingdrupal.com/364)
* Previous accessibility discussions:
    * [Talking Drupal #371 - WebOps Enabled Accessibility ](https://www.talkingdrupal.com/371)
    * [Talking Drupal #350 - Accessibility Scanning & Testing ](https://www.talkingdrupal.com/350)
* [Pa11y](https://pa11y.org/)
* [Axe](https://github.com/dequelabs/axe-core)


## Guests
Ben Mullins - [www.drupal.org/u/bnjmnm](https://www.drupal.org/u/bnjmnm)
Daniel Mundra - [danielmundra.com](https://www.danielmundra.com)

## Hosts
Nic Laflin - [www.nLighteneddevelopment.com](https://www.nLighteneddevelopment.com) [@nicxvan](https://twitter.com/nicxvan)
John Picozzi - [www.epam.com](https://www.epam.com) [@johnpicozzi](https://twitter.com/johnpicozzi)
Stephen Cross - [www.StephenCross.com](https://www.StephenCross.com/) [@stephencross](https://twitter.com/stephencross)

## MOTW
### Correspondent
Martin Anderson-Clutz - [@mandclu](https://twitter.com/mandclu)
[Whoops](https://www.drupal.org/project/whoops)
Integrates a library to show detailed error reporting for better debugging.
