Preface

“Would you like to help me write a book about Sonar?” My reaction was immediate: “Yes!”

I knew Patroklos Papapetrou from the Sonar mailing list, and I was aware that he was pitching Sonar in Action (now SonarQube in Action, to match the technology’s new name) to Manning. What I didn’t know was that he wanted a coauthor. Because I was a native English speaker and active (and helpful) on the list, he thought of me. I had only been a member of the list for about six months, but I’d been aware of Sonar since late 2008 when my boss came across a mention of Sonar and asked me to evaluate it.

I was coding in Java at the time, but I had started my programming career with Perl and C. Lint was your friend, and bugs were found the hard way—by ...

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