Code Accessibility

The practice of making programming environments, source code, and software development tools usable by people with disabilities, particularly those with visual impairments. Code accessibility encompasses accessible IDEs and text editors, aural or tactile representations of code structure, keyboard-navigable development tools, and teaching methods that do not rely solely on visual representations. Barriers to code accessibility include the heavy use of spatial layout to convey meaning in source code, visually-oriented debugging tools, and colour-dependent syntax highlighting.