Lesson for potential and current speakers — my talk today didn’t go over as well as I wanted. The audience had different expectations and feedback was helpful. This happens to every speaker at one time or another. #phptek#phptek24
I wanted to talk about approaching tools in general, audience wanted me to run through more interactive examples of NeoVim and PHP. Sometimes you take the L. #phptek#phptek24
Thanks to an amazing session by @derickr at #phptek, I have now successfully built my first PHP extension. It doesn't do anything ... but the fact that it works, tests pass, and it extends the functionality of the language is a win I'll take.
Not understanding how to start with extensions has held me back from several ideas I've had percolating since ... at least 2018. It feels so good to be productive again :-)
For example, substituting comparable navigation modes if the normal ones aren't necessarily accessible, or using multiple modes to differentiate controls (e.g. size or shape in addition to color)
If you have a decorative image, omit alt text and your screen reader will skip it. If you want people to see your image via screen readers, use alt text. - Paulo Fernandes #a11y#phptek
Divs and spans are ignored by screen readers. Use semantic HTML so screen readers know the structure of the document - Paulo Fernandes at the #phptek Uncon
Hey, #phptek / #phptek24 folks: Raffle drawing for the four small denim elephpants and 4 @zend hats is happening at 1:40pm - that's in 10 minutes! Head over and find out if you won!