Sonar Lint with Different IDEs
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What is Sonar Lint?
Sonar Lint is an open-source that performs static analysis on code.
With this tool, we can get instant feedback on code quality issues during development. This allows us to address potential bugs and vulnerabilities before they are committed into the codebase.
Languages including C, C++, HTML, Java, JavaScript, PHP, Python, and TypeScript are supported by Sonar Lint.
Let’s see how to add sonar lint to the IntelliJ IDE.
- Open the IDE and select
File -> Settings
2.After selecting the settings, the below window will appear. And select Plugins and type Sonar in the search bar and click Install.
3. Then click Restart IDE.
4. After that, as shown below, you will be able to see the Sonarint in the task bar.
Let’s see how to add sonar lint to the NetBeans IDE.
- Open the IDE and select the tools in the top menu.
2.Then choose plugins in the drop-down list.
3.Then this plugin pop-up window will appear and you can select Available Plugins and type sonar in the search bar. You will be able to see the sonarlint4netbeans if you are using version 13.0 or higher NetBeans version and Java version 11 or higher.
4.If it appears, select the check box, click Install, and click Next.
Note: If you encounter any proxy issues while installing. Click on Tools -> Options
in the General
tab, select the No Proxy
radio button.
After continuously clicking Next, the below window will appear. Select the Restart option as needed, then click Finish.
After all, you can analyze your project by selecting it and by right clicking and selecting the option “Analyze with SonarLint”.
Let’s see how to add sonar lint to the Visual Studio Code.
- Open the IDE and select
View -> Extensions
2.After selecting the Extensions, the below window will appear. And type Sonar in the search bar and click Install.
Let’s see how to add sonar lint to the Eclipse.
- Open the IDE and select
Help -> Eclipse Marketplace
2. After selecting the Eclipse Marketplace…, the below window will appear. type Sonar in the search bar and click Install.
3. Restart the IDE.
Thank you for reading ! I hope the article is helpful.
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