Sustainable application
A sustainable application is software designed to remain useful, reliable, maintainable, flexible, and deployable throughout a long operational lifespan.
Software Design for Python Programmers
A sustainable application is software designed to remain reliable, flexible, and maintainable over a long life.
- How it is used
- Guides the design and evolution of applications intended for reliable, maintainable long-term deployment.
- How deep it goes
- Defines lifecycle qualities and iterative design practices, while deferring implementation to object-oriented principles and patterns.
- Examples
- Uses quick hacks, patch tangles, bug fixes, feature releases, and minimum viable products as contrasting development outcomes.
- What you can do after
- Apply design principles and patterns to analyze requirements, iterate toward tested software, and accommodate future changes.
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Object-Oriented Software Design in C++
A sustainable application is software that remains useful, maintainable, and deployable throughout its operational lifespan.
- How it is used
- Frames software design around producing applications that remain reliable, flexible, maintainable, and useful as requirements change.
- How deep it goes
- Defines lifespan and benefits, then sketches iterative design practices without showing detailed implementation techniques.
- Examples
- Uses deployment, maintenance releases, evolving requirements, testing, and minimum viable products as concrete lifecycle examples.
- What you can do after
- Apply object-oriented design principles and design patterns to develop applications that meet requirements and evolve systematically.
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Related concepts
- designproduced by · Design is the process of planning and specifying an artifact’s structure, behavior, or presentation, and the resulting arrangement, to meet intended purposes and constraints.
- sustainable design decisionproduced by · A sustainable design decision is a software design choice that a group can maintain and support while remaining aligned with business needs over time.
- sustainable softwarecontrasts with · Sustainable software is software designed and developed to minimize unnecessary computational, material, and environmental resource consumption.
- sustainabilityimplemented by · Sustainability is the capacity to remain viable over time while supporting continued operation and preserving the resources or conditions needed for the future.
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