Working with WET ^v4.0.x

Learn how to develop plugin and write HTML content into an powerfull WCAG compliant web front-end.

What you should know about WET

• WET is front-end focused, this means we only care about content that are executed in the browser.
• WET ease web editor life to create rich and complex interactive interface simple as adding a CSS class.
• WET follow the progressive enhancement design principle, so every plugin start from html element.
• WET is a full complete package even if you need only one small specific thing.
• WET was firstly designed to help canadian governement employee to comply at their web accessibility standards.

Design chalenge

• WET building process can be complicated and sometime very chalenging but it's create a robust build.
• WET is a massive heavy package with functionality and plugins that you may not or rarely need for your website.
• WET is event driven.

Design principle

• Mobile first
• Progressive enhancement
• WCAG Level AA compliant
• Leverages WAI-ARIA to enhance accessibility
• Follow specification then particular implementation
• Keep data independant from interaction logic
• Optimize your Javascript, CSS and HTML code

Build on top of existing solution

• Bootstrap
• jQuery
• selectivizr
• jQuery Validation Plugin
• Flot
• OpenLayers 2
• Proj4js
• Magnific Popup
• DataTables

Ressources

Date modified:

2016-09-08