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Thought leadership pieces covering important facets of the developer industry.

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Increasing Developer Velocity With GenAI

Developer velocity refers to speed and efficiency with which developers can create, modify, and deploy high-quality code. Learn how can Generative AI coding assistants increase development velocity.

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AI Code Generation Benefits and Risks

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Code Generators have emerged as a transformative force, reshaping the way we approach coding tasks while increasing efficiency & innovation but what are the pitfalls for tech executives and developers?

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modern DevOps transformation begins with Static Code Analysis

DevOps underperformance challenges stem from the ongoing conflict between code quality and faster delivery timeframes. Discover how Static Code Analysis helps solve the underlying performance issues in today's highly automated DevOps cycle.

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DevOps implementation guide

In the ever-changing world of software development and IT operations, DevOps aims to improve collaboration, quality, and automation across the entire software development lifecycle. Proper planning and evaluation are essential for ensuring the success of DevOps projects of all sizes.

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Integrating SonarCloud and GitHub: as simple as a few clicks

Integrating SonarCloud and GitHub is straightforward. Follow along in an interactive demo to see how simple it is to link these two vital software development services.

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Integrating SonarCloud and GitLab: as simple as a few clicks

Integrating SonarCloud and GitLab is straightforward. Follow along in an interactive demo to see how easy it is to integrate these two essential DevOps tools.

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Exploring strategies for managing code quality in outsourced software development

In an outsourced setting, where collaboration might involve multiple teams across different locations, maintaining a high standard of code quality becomes even more critical to ensure a seamless integration of efforts.

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Outsourced Software Development and Scope Creep: Three Ways to Manage Teams at the Code Level

Tackling scope creep with an outsourced development team requires effective proactive management strategies and contributions from all stakeholders.

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Code Standardization and Risk Mitigation in Software Development

Code standardization is pivotal in mitigating risks within software development processes and is a proactive measure to identify and address potential issues early in the development cycle.

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Distributed Software Development: A Guide to Achieving Code Quality

Distributed software development presents both opportunities and challenges. While it offers flexibility and access to a global talent pool, it introduces communication, coordination, and cultural issues that can impede productivity and project success. Prioritizing code quality is essential in overcoming these challenges.

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Measuring and Identifying Code-level Technical Debt: A Practical Guide

Technical debt accumulates interest over time, meaning the longer it remains unaddressed, the more time and resources it will require to resolve. This makes identifying and measuring technical debt not just a technical necessity but a strategic imperative for businesses invested in their software's health, maintenance, and evolution.

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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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