Sonar Developer Learning Hub

Basic developer fundamentals covering essential topics

Basic Beginner's Guide

Technical Debt

Technical debt refers to the future costs of rework or maintenance that arise from prioritizing speed and quick fixes over code quality in software development, with the debt accumulating over time and requiring resources to be paid off, making it crucial to address and minimize from the start of a project.

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Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is a revolutionary approach that allows you to automate, standardize, and streamline infrastructure management, unlocking unprecedented efficiency, reliability, and scalability in your development workflows.

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Refactoring

Refactoring is the process of improving existing code by restructuring its internal design without changing its external behavior, aiming to enhance understandability, modifiability, and maintainability while reducing the risk of introducing bugs and technical debt.

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Code Review

Code review is a systematic software quality assurance technique for developers in which the code is reviewed to find and fix errors, improve code quality, and enforce coding standards.

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SAST

SAST (Static Application Security Testing) is a software testing technique used to identify security vulnerabilities in the source code of an application without executing it, helping developers find and fix potential issues early in the development process.

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DevOps

DevOps is a collaborative approach to software development and operations that emphasizes the integration and automation of processes, tools, and teams to enable the continuous delivery of high-quality software products.

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SDLC

SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) is a structured and systematic approach to developing software, encompassing all phases from initial planning and requirements gathering to deployment and maintenance, ensuring a well-managed and efficient development process.

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CI/CD

CI/CD is a set of practices that automate the process of building, testing, and deploying software. It helps to improve the quality and speed of software delivery.

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linter

A linter is a developer tool that analyzes source code for errors, vulnerabilities, and stylistic issues to improve code quality.

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DEFINITION

what is clean code?

Clean Code is code that’s easily understandable, portable, and capable to change through structure and consistency but remains maintainable, reliable, and secure for performance demands.

Clean Code is well-documented coding standards that are clear and concise for increasing developer collaboration and communication. 

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BETTER BUSINESS VALUE

why clean code?

A clean codebase simplifies the principles and processes to introduce changes to your code allowing business goals and objectives to be prioritized. Ensuring code readability improves team collaboration, communication, and code review processes across your enterprise.

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OUR UNIQUE APPROACH

Clean as You Code™

Clean Code as you write maintainable, readable quality code. Sonar’s tool kit allows you to continually review and make incremental clear quality improvements as you edit or write code. Deliver high-quality, efficient code standards that benefit the entire team or organization. 

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Clean Code results in software that is:

secure

Clean Code is secure through early detection and feedback of security vulnerabilities and hotspots during code review.

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reliable

Clean Code creates and sustains reliability. When your software is reliable, anywhere and anytime, it creates trust among your teams and customers.

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maintainable

Clean Code makes maintenance easy. A codebase that is maintainable enables an optimized development workflow for more scalable software.

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