Once the installation of Sonar is complete, you are ready to launch analyses on your projects.

What does Sonar Analyze?

Sonar performs a static analysis of your code.

Sonar analyzes 15+ languages. The code that is analyzed may be:

• Source code (.java files in Java, Cobol programs, etc.)
• Compiled code (.class files or jars in Java, dll files in C#, etc.)

By analyzing your code, the Sonar engine:

• Computes measures (lines of code, cyclomatic complexity, etc.) at different levels (file, module, project, application portfolio, etc.)
• Detects violations (non-respects of coding standards)

For some languages (like Java or C# for example), Sonar can also provide information on automated unit and integration tests like number of failing tests, code coverage, etc.

How to Launch an Analysis?

First download the plugin corresponding to the language to analyze.

Browse the links below for more information:

For a project embedding different languages, each of them needs to be analyzed by running its own Sonar analysis. Then the results can be aggregated at project level, using the Views plug-in.