SonarQube for IDE: Visual Studio v8.11 introduces support for two new languages, and enhancements!

• New language support: 
  • HTML analysis is now available for all users.
  • T-SQL analysis is available for SonarQube Cloud users, and SonarQube Server users with Developer or Enterprise editions.

• Enhanced AI CodeFix suggestions: A diff view has been added for easy comparison between current code and the suggested modifications.

• Updated .NET enterprise edition analyzer: Now supports raising issues on .razor and .cshtml files.

Discover more details in our release notes and community post. 

SonarQube for IDE: Visual Studio v8.10 brings a host of analyzer updates, plus deprecates username/password-based authentication for connected mode.

Discover more with our release notes and community post. 

SonarQube for IDE: Visual Studio v8.9 introduces a new flow to unbind a project.

With this final round of enhancements to connected mode setup, we introduce easily unbinding a project that is connected to SonarQube Cloud or Server directly within the IDE. Check here for detailed instructions.

Discover more with our release notes and community post.

SonarQube for IDE: Visual Studio v8.8 introduces two new modes for visualization of issue categorization.

In parallel with SonarQube Server 10.8, we have introduced the option to select either:

• Multi-Quality Rule (MQR) mode - enabling issues to have multiple qualities, and leveraging the newer categorization and severities from SonarQube Server 10.8
• Standard Experience mode - which maintains the issue categorization from SonarQube 9.9 (bug, vulnerability and code smell)

Plus, two important updates:

• A new .NET analyzer is available with support for .NET 9 and C#13.
• SonarQube open-source analyzers bundled by SonarQube for IDE are now using the new Sonar Source-Available License.

Discover more with our release notes and community post.

SonarQube for IDE: Visual Studio v8.7 brings changes related to rebranding plus improvements to the connected mode experience.

Following the recent rebranding you will now see updated labels and logos inside the extension and in the Visual Studio Marketplace.

Plus, to enhance the connected mode experience, you can now easily edit your connection credentials to update your token once it’s expired, for example.

Finally, 

• An update to the C++ analyzer is available with 2 new quick fixes for the rules S824 and S3630.

Discover more with our release notes and community post.

SonarQube for IDE: Visual Studio v8.6 delivers an enhancement to the connected mode setup experience.

You can now search through a list of available projects for the organization in SonarQube Cloud or SonarQube Server. These docs provide more information on configuring connected mode.

Discover more with our release notes and community post.

SonarQube for IDE: Visual Studio v8.5 supports AI CodeFix.

AI CodeFix streamlines issue resolution for developers by generating AI-driven fix suggestions in SonarQube Cloud or SonarQube Server with a single click. In connected mode SonarQube for IDE now allows developers to view and apply these fixes directly in their Visual Studio IDE.

Discover more with our release notes and community post. Plus read more about AI CodeFix in this blog.

SonarQube for IDE: Visual Studio v8.4 delivers enhancements for binding projects between SonarQube for IDE and SonarQube Cloud | SonarQube Server.

• New Manage Project Binding window
  • SonarQube for IDE > connected mode > Bind to SonarQube Cloud or SonarQube Server
• Simplified authentication process for a new connection
  • Manage Connections > Create New Connection

More information regarding the benefits of connected mode.

Further details are available with our release notes and community post.

SonarQube for IDE: Visual Studio v8.3 delivers improvements for .NET and C-family developers.

• 7 new rules to help you write clean C++23 code
• Significantly faster analysis speed for users of Apple Mac with M-series chips
• An update to our C# analyzer brings 4 new rules in the Sonar way quality profile
• Ability to add a C standard flag to make the analyzer aware of the used language standard

Learn more with this community post and release notes.

SonarQube for IDE: Visual Studio v8.2 delivers improvements for C++ developers working with MISRA C++ 2023, plus secret detection improvements.

• Improved MISRA C++ 2023 inspired rules
• Enhanced secret detection capabilities, now detecting 146 secret patterns of 81 cloud services

Learn more with this community post and release notes.