Installing SonarLint Plugin to IntelliJ Idea

SonarLint helps you detect and fix quality issues as you write code. Like a spell checker, SonarLint squiggles flaws

Installing SonarLint Plugin to IntelliJ Idea

1. Click on Settings > Plugins
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2. Click on Browse Repositories button
3. Type in “SonarLint” and click on the install button
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4. Restart your IDE if asked for.

Analysing source code with SonarLint

With SonarLint, you can analyze the code at codebase level, package level, file level or even a block of code. Select a source folder, package or file or block or code then right click and click on “Analyse with SonarLint” (Ctrl + Alt + S)

This option will analyze the selected code and generates a report. Once the analysis is complete you would see some results in the SonarLint tab.

You can see the reports for the current file, or complete report by clicking on these tabs in the SonarLint tab.

Select any item in the report to see the rule and location on the right side as shown below.

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