Add Blog Post - Getting Started with SonarQube Cloud#187
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What is this article about?
R: A practical, end-to-end guide to adopting SonarQube Cloud (SonarCloud) for Java Maven projects.
It covers:
What SonarCloud does and the six dashboard metrics it tracks
Core concepts a team needs before setup: Quality Gates, New Code Period, and billing
The difference between Automatic Analysis and CI-Based Analysis (and when to pick which)
Step-by-step CI-based setup: project creation, pom.xml configuration (Sonar properties + JaCoCo), a GitHub Actions workflow, and enforcing the Quality Gate via branch protection
Best practices for real-world adoption
Checklist:
assets/images/post/).bundle install && bundle exec jekyll serve.