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Green Software Engineering

You're reading from   Green Software Engineering Exploring Green Technology for Sustainable IT Solutions

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781835885888
Length 236 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Santiago Fontanarrosa Santiago Fontanarrosa
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Environmental Impact of Software FREE CHAPTER
2. Chapter 1: Digital Carbon Footprint 3. Chapter 2: Sustainable Software Engineering and Digital Sobriety Principles 4. Part 2: Developing Energy-Efficient Software
5. Chapter 3: Green Architecture and Measuring Impact 6. Chapter 4: User Experience and Design 7. Chapter 5: Algorithms and Programming Languages 8. Chapter 6: Development and Testing 9. Chapter 7: Infrastructure and Deployment 10. Chapter 8: Data Management 11. Part 3: Green Engineering at Scale
12. Chapter 9: Sustainable Software Delivery Framework 13. Chapter 10: Regulations, Standards, and Future Perspectives 14. Index 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Web and mobile development

As we continue exploring sustainable software practices, our focus will shift toward the platforms that most frequently interface with end users: web and mobile applications. The exponential growth of these platforms has significantly elevated their impact on energy consumption, making this a critical concern for developers committed to sustainability.

The challenge in measuring energy consumption for web and mobile applications lies in their distributed nature. Unlike traditional desktop applications, where energy use might be concentrated on a single device, web and mobile apps run across network infrastructures, which involve multiple servers, databases, network equipment, and end user devices:

  • Client-side measurement:
    • For web applications, measuring energy consumption primarily involves assessing the computational load placed on the user’s device. Developers can utilize browser-based tools, such as Firefox Profiler, to monitor the energy...
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