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Improve Code Quality on the fly in IntelliJ with Sonarlint

Sonarlint is a IDE extension that improves code quality by detecting code smells. It enables you to code better with on-the-fly analysis and support for hundreds of deep static analysis rules to detect common mistakes, tricky bugs, and security issues.

How to Install SonarLint plugin to IntelliJ IDEA
Step 1: Open IntelliJ IDEA and got to setting dialog.

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Step 2: Select the Plugin tab and then search for Sonarlint and install the plugin.

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You will need to restart IntelliJ to see Sonarlint in action.

working with SonarLint
Step 3: Right click on any file/folder you wish to analyze with sonarlint ->

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Step 4:

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