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Django Uni-Form

Daniel Greenfeld introduces himself as a NASA geek, Pinax core developer, and Djangonaut. He then summarizes Section 508, rules enacted by the US government requiring websites and technology be accessible to individuals with disabilities. Greenfeld notes these rules are enforceable for government agencies and contractors but don't truly require accessibility. He advocates for Django Uni-Form, a custom filter and template tag that combines Django forms documentation and the Uni-Form CSS library to create accessible forms that comply with Section 508.

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Django Uni-Form
Who am I?
Who am I? Daniel Greenfeld
Who am I? Daniel Greenfeld NASA Geek
Who am I? Daniel Greenfeld NASA Geek Pinax Core Developer
Who am I? Daniel Greenfeld NASA Geek Pinax Core Developer Djangonaut!
What is Section 508? In 1998 the US Congress amended the Rehabilitation Act to require Federal agencies to make their electronic and information technology accessible to people with disabilities. Section 508 was enacted to eliminate barriers in information technology, to make available new opportunities for people with disabilities, and to encourage development of technologies that will help achieve these goals. The law applies to all Federal agencies when they develop, procure, maintain, or use electronic and information technology. Under Section 508 (29 U.S.C. § 794d), agencies must give disabled employees and members of the public access to information that is comparable to the access available to others. -Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_508)
What is Section 508?
What is Section 508? Rules for making technology theoretically accessible by individuals with disability.
What is Section 508? Rules for making technology theoretically accessible by individuals with disability. Easy to implement if you know how.
What is Section 508? Rules for making technology theoretically accessible by individuals with disability. Easy to implement if you know how. Unfortunately doesn't actually force software to be accessible to the disabled.
What is Section 508? Rules for making technology theoretically accessible by individuals with disability. Easy to implement if you know how. Unfortunately doesn't actually force software to be accessible to the disabled. Enforceable across all government agencies or organizations accepting money from government agencies.
Why do we care?
Why do we care? US Government work requires it.
Why do we care? US Government work requires it. Disability software is said to be a $170 billion a year industry.
Why do we care? US Government work requires it. Disability software is said to be a $170 billion a year industry. Open source tends to support accessibility/usability well.
Why do we care? US Government work requires it. Disability software is said to be a $170 billion a year industry. Open source tends to support accessibility/usability well. Its the right thing to do!
Lets get technical
Tables are for tabular data
In Section 508, most tabular forms are forbidden!
In Section 508, some tabular forms are allowed
Django forms rock!
Normal forms rock!
Model forms rock!
Forms as paragraphs
Forms as unordered lists
Out of the box pretty Django forms are tabular
Django forms summary Native views of Django forms can be Section 508 compliant Hard to do form-style layouts with paragraphs Harder to do form-style layouts with unordered lists Table based formats are mostly verboten Django docs do show how to do div based forms
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Django Uni-Form =
Django forms docs on divs +
Simple Django custom filter +
Dragan Babić's Uni-Form library
Django Uni-Form = Django forms docs + template tag + Uni-Form css/js forms library
http://github.com/pydanny/django-uni-form
Who uses it?
Basic Usage
Intermediate Usage I
Intermediate Usage II
Layout Controls - The Form
Layout Controls - The Controls
Layout Controls - The Template
The Future of Django Uni-Form
Contributing Back
http://github.com/pydanny/django-uni-form