# Developing with Sonar The SonarQube solution helps developers perform automated code analysis and reviews at every stage of the development process: * SonarQube for IDE provides immediate feedback in your IDE as you write code so you can find, focus on, and fix anticipated issues before a commit. * SonarQube Cloud’s PR analysis fits into your cloud-based CI/CD workflows so that you merge high-quality code every time. * Quality gates keep code with issues from being released to production. See [Quality standards and new code](/sonarqube-cloud/standards/about-new-code.md) for more details. Organizations start with a set of default rules called the Sonar Way Quality Profile. Quality profiles define the set of [SonarQube rules](/sonarqube-cloud/standards/managing-rules/rules.md) to be applied during code review and analysis. The Sonar Way can be customized per project to satisfy different technical requirements. See [Understanding quality profiles](/sonarqube-cloud/standards/managing-quality-profiles/understanding-quality-profiles.md) for more information. A quality gate is an indicator of code quality that can be configured to give a green or red light on the current release-worthiness of your code. It indicates whether your code complies with the quality standards and can move forward. See [Understanding quality gates](/sonarqube-cloud/standards/managing-quality-gates/introduction-to-quality-gates.md) for more information. * A **Passed** (green) quality gate means the code meets your standard and is ready to be merged. * A **Failed** (red) quality gate means there are issues to address. SonarQube Cloud provides feedback through its UI, email, and in decorations on pull or merge requests to notify your team that there are issues to address. SonarQube Cloud also provides in-depth guidance on the issues telling you why each issue is a problem and how to fix it, adding a valuable layer of education for developers of all experience levels. Feedback can also be obtained during automated code review in [SonarQube for IDE](/sonarqube-cloud/analyzing-source-code/connected-mode.md) when running in Connected Mode. SonarQube for IDE helps developers find, focus on, and fix anticipated issues before a commit. Together, SonarQube for IDE and SonarQube Cloud help developers address issues effectively, so only high-quality code that passes the quality gate is promoted. Explore featured public projects on SonarQube Cloud and experience how other organizations leverage the platform to improve their code. See [Retrieving your organizations](/sonarqube-cloud/getting-started/viewing-organizations.md#free-organization). --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/discovering-sonarcloud/developing-with-sonar.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.