Codecamp wiki - ixc2024:tech:tools

backendoftheapplication

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-27T15:55:15+00:00

Comprehensive Guide to Setting Up the Backend of the Application Objective The backend is the backbone of the application, handling data processing, storage, authentication, and communication between the mobile and web apps. It should be designed in a manner such that it is scalable, secure, and efficient to handle potentially large volumes of data and user interactions. This guideline will assist in setting up, configuring, and understanding the technologies required for the backend portion…

blacklight

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-22T07:54:28+00:00

Blacklight Primarily used as a tool for detecting tracking scripts, however it can help reduce carbon emissions by identifying and removing unnecessary trackers that contribute to a website's overall footprint Benefit: * Helps increase overall social sustainability

carbon-aware-sdk

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-22T08:32:30+00:00

Carbon Aware SDK The Carbon Aware SDK is a toolset to help you measure the carbon emissions of your software, in turn helping you measure and reduce your software's carbon emissions, and choose when and where you run your software to make it greener. At its core the Carbon Aware SDK is a WebApi and Command Line Interface (CLI) to assist in building carbon aware software.

cloud-carbon-footprint

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-22T08:20:20+00:00

Cloud Carbon Footprint Cloud Carbon Footprint is an open source tool that provides visibility and tooling to measure, monitor and reduce your cloud carbon emissions. We use best practice methodologies to convert cloud utilization into estimated energy usage and carbon emissions, producing metrics and carbon savings estimates that can be shared with employees, investors, and other stakeholders.

containerization

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-22T08:13:54+00:00

1. Improved Resource Utilization Efficient Resource Allocation - Higher Density: Containers allow for higher density deployment on the same hardware compared to traditional virtual machines (VMs) because they share the host system's kernel. This leads to better utilization of CPU and memory resources. - Reduced Idle Resources: Containers can be easily scaled up or down based on demand, ensuring that resources are not sitting idle and consuming energy unnecessarily.

digitalbeacon

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-22T07:22:53+00:00

Beacon Calculates website’s carbon footprint, including CO2 generated on the first visit and a return visit (after your browser has cached the common site files), and the size of the data transfers required to load it. Keeps a log of the last 10 times you tested, so you can keep track over time of how improvements you’ve made have impacted emissions

eco-2-ai

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-22T08:26:17+00:00

Eco 2 AI The Eco2AI is a python library for CO2 emission tracking. It monitors energy consumption of CPU & GPU devices and estimates equivalent carbon emissions taking into account the regional emission coefficient. The Eco2AI is applicable to all python scripts and all you need is to add the couple of strings to your code. All emissions data and information about your devices are recorded in a local file.

ecograder

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-22T07:39:46+00:00

EcoGrader Provides very comprehensive detailed results with suggestions on how to improve the website’s carbon emissions Benefit: Very good and comprehensive suggestions on how to improve Pricing: Free Results look like this: Shows results split in three different dimensions / criteria:

emission-impact-dashboard

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-22T08:06:57+00:00

Emissions Impact Dashboard Estimate your carbon emissions—and emissions you’ve already saved—related to using Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 cloud services. Make targeted decisions to help create new efficiencies around cloud usage. How it works?

evaluation

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-22T12:52:39+00:00

Data Transfer and Bandwidth - Page Load Size: Analyze the size of resources (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, images) loaded during page loads. Browser developer tools or network analysis tools like Chrome DevTools or Firefox Network Monitor can provide insights.

globemallow

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-22T12:54:19+00:00

What is Globemallow? Globemallow is a browser extension that produces detailed sustainability reports on the energy consumption and estimated carbon output of any webpage. How is Web Sustainability Measured? * Energy Consumption: The primary factor is the electricity consumption of bytes transferred.

googlecloudcarbonfootprint

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-22T07:54:57+00:00

Google Cloud Carbon Footprint () This measurement tool: - Accurately measures your carbon footprint by viewing both the location-based and market-based emissions that are derived from your Google Cloud usage, providing transparency into emissions associated with your cloud applications.

gree-spectre

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-22T08:02:58+00:00

Green Spector A measurement and analysis solution to reduce the environmental impact of mobile and web applications How it Works? * Audit existing applications: Evaluate the footprint of your mobile applications or websites. * Eco-design a new project:

green-spector

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-22T08:04:53+00:00

Green Spector A measurement and analysis solution to reduce the environmental impact of mobile and web applications How it works? * Audit existing applications: Evaluate the footprint of your mobile applications or websites. * Eco-design a new project:

green-tools

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-28T09:42:39+00:00

GREEN TOOLS for Flutter Mobile Development Android Studio Profile Description: Built into Android Studio, the Android Profiler provides real-time data on CPU, memory, network, and battery usage of your app. How to Use? * Open your project in Android Studio.

greenalgorithms

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-22T08:26:32+00:00

Green Algorithms Green Algorithms - Green Algorithms is a tool that developers can use to better understand the sustainability related impacts the algorithms they develop have. Green Algorithms Calculator - Along with guidelines on how to design algorithms such that the carbon footprint is limited, it also provides a calculator that individuals can use to learn more about the impacts of their specific algorithm (sh…

greenframe

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-22T12:31:09+00:00

What is GreenFrame and How Does It Work? GreenFrame is a command-line tool designed to estimate the carbon footprint of web applications at every stage of the development process. By integrating GreenFrame into your Continuous Integration workflow, you can monitor

greenmeasuringtoolsforbackendsupport

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-08-26T02:39:13+00:00

Green Measuring tools for Backend Support Google Cloud Monitoring: A tool used to provide insight regarding how resources are used, as well as well as data related to the performance and status of the application Datadog: A tool that can be used with Google Cloud Monitoring for further insight regarding the cloud infrastructure, service(s), and application(s).

greenpageanalyzer

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-22T12:39:25+00:00

Aalto tool Very detailed information about your website This tool can analyze the data amount on any public webpage. The analysis provided by the service reveals how much data is used to load the page broken down to specific categories, as well as how the amount of data used compared to other websites.

greensoftwarefoundation

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-22T08:31:47+00:00

Green Software Foundation Green Software Foundation - The Green Software Foundation focuses on creating sustainable software practices. Their projects include developing tools, guidelines, and frameworks to reduce the carbon footprint of software systems, such as the Software Carbon Intensity (SCI) Specification, and other initiatives to promote low-carbon software applications.

ismysolutiongreenenough

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-23T12:26:53+00:00

Is your software designed with keeping sustainability in mind? You can use the following guide to check various aspects of your backend from a sustainable point of view! Code Optimization Exceeds Expectations

joular-jx

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-22T08:26:30+00:00

Joular JX JoularJX is a Java-based agent for software power monitoring at the source code level. * Monitor power consumption of each method at runtime * Uses a Java agent, no source code instrumentation needed * Uses Intel RAPL (powercap interface) for getting accurate power reading on GNU/Linux, our research-based regression models on Raspberry Pi devices, and a custom program monitor (based on Intel Power Gadget) for accurate power readings on Windows

lighthouse

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-22T08:32:03+00:00

Lighthouse Developed by Google and exists already included within dev tools. (right click on website -> inspect element) It is not a tool for specifically conducting carbon emission calculations, however it enables analyses and insights into most of the metrics. And most importantly it is easily available during the process of development of the frontend, with no need to leave the website or web app that you are developing.

measurement-rubrics

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-23T16:44:45+00:00

Rubric Description Unsatisfactory Average Excellent ENERGY EFFICIENCY Battery Drain Battery drain efficiency measures how well the app manages its power consumption to minimize the impact on the device's battery life. The app should ideally use battery resources sparingly, implementing efficient algorithms and processes to ensure that it does not excessively drain the battery during typical usage scenarios.

power-api

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-22T08:38:47+00:00

Power API The goal of this project is to provide a set of tools to go forward a greener computing. The idea is to provide software-defined PowerMeters to mesure the power consumption of programs. The core of this project is the PowerAPI toolkit for building such PowerMeters.

simapro

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-22T10:34:55+00:00

SimaPro () SimaPro is a life cycle assessment (LCA) software used to analyze and model the environmental performance of products and services. It helps businesses, researchers, and policymakers make informed decisions by providing detailed insights into the environmental impacts throughout a product's life cycle.

solidworks

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-22T08:02:52+00:00

SOLIDWORKS Sustainability provides real-time feedback on environmental impact factors. Results appear in the Environmental Impact Dashboard, which updates dynamically with any changes.

sonar-qube

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-22T08:23:56+00:00

Sonar Qube SonarQube is a powerful tool for ensuring code quality and security in software development projects. By integrating it into your development process, you can continuously monitor and improve your codebase, leading to more robust and maintainable software. The combination of static code analysis, quality gates, and seamless CI/CD integration makes SonarQube a good tool for modern software development practices.

sonarsource

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-22T08:33:49+00:00

SonarSource SonarSource - SonarSource is used by developers to help them detect various coding practices that may have a negative impact on the overall sustainability of the software. This can help developers be aware of aspects of their software that could be better sustainably optimized

start

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-22T07:22:13+00:00

vincit

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-22T10:29:10+00:00

What is the purpose of this toolkit? This toolkit was designed to help you create products and services that do not harm the planet. It will help you create concepts that are desirable and profitable, but also put the planet at the centre of the design process. We recognise that this is a challenging task as planetary systems are complex and intertwined in ways that humanity does not fully understand. So, this toolkit helps you live up to the challenge, by ordering activities to navigate complex…

webpack

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-08-26T02:10:04+00:00

link: Green Aspect: Caching: Proper caching strategies ensure that users don’t have to re-download unchanged assets. This reduces the load on servers and the amount of data transferred, which in turn lowers energy consumption. How to Implement:

websitecarbon

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-22T12:34:08+00:00

How It Works: CAN BE EMBEDED IN OTHER WEBSITES Calculating the carbon emissions of a website is a complex task. However, extensive work over the years has led to the development and refinement of a methodology designed to tackle this challenge. The primary goal of this effort is to raise awareness and promote eco-friendly practices within the web design industry.