Content originally published at https://www.sonarsource.com/solutions/devops-transformation/ and adapted to Portuguese.

The promise of DevOps transformation is to accelerate delivery, improve team collaboration, and increase software quality. However, there's a recurring obstacle that undermines these goals: low-quality code.

In this context, tools such as SonarQube become essential, helping to reduce rework, minimize rollbacks and ensure more reliable releases, with more speed and fewer failures.

Why Your DevOps Transformation May Not Be Delivering What You Expected

A recent survey of DevOps trends revealed a worrying fact: only 49% of the organizations that implemented DevOps were able to accelerate time-to-marketThe reason? Problems in the code that, even after testing, still reach production, compromising the efficiency of the process.

Many companies still rely entirely on testing to catch coding errors. But testing alone isn't enough to detect structural flaws or vulnerabilities that delay value delivery. Without early and effective analysis, errors become more costly and difficult to correct in the later stages of the development cycle—in addition to harming the entire DevOps chain.

Essential tools for a true DevOps transformation

To fully exploit the potential of DevOps automation, it's essential to integrate static code analysis into the development pipeline. That's where Sonar, with solutions such as SonarQube Server, SonarQube Cloud and SonarQube for IDE.

These tools help developers to detect real problems even in the early stages of development, directly in the IDE, promoting a more productive and quality-oriented workflow. This enables the “Clean as You Code” approach, ensuring that only quality code reaches production. Furthermore, Sonar integrates seamlessly with the development steps. Continuous Integration (CI), whether in self-managed environments (SonarQube Server) or in the cloud (SonarQube Cloud), enabling early detection and correction of failures as part of a well-structured DevOps process.

Key Benefits of DevOps Transformation with Sonar

Less rework

Quality is prioritized from the start, reducing bugs during QA or post-release.

More sustainable code

Using best practices and established standards keeps the codebase clean and easy to maintain.

Smoother releases

Rigorous quality checks before promotion to production reduce the incidence of bugs and vulnerabilities.

Reliability guarantee

Code that does not meet the defined standards is automatically rejected, ensuring the integrity of the application.

Sonar: the indispensable tool for DevOps automation

Sonar analyzes code quickly and accurately, providing valuable insights for proactively fixing issues. The combination of SonarQube for IDE, SonarQube Server and SonarQube Cloud strengthens the entire DevOps cycle — from development to production — with a focus on security, performance, and quality.

Quality Gates

They prevent low-quality code from advancing through the CI/CD pipeline, blocking merges and deploys that compromise the application.

Quality Profiles

They allow you to apply customized quality rules by project, language, or team, adapting to the specific needs of each scenario.

Broad coverage

With support for over 30 languages and over 5,000 scanning rules, Sonar offers comprehensive coverage to detect all types of issues—and easily integrates with cloud or on-premises environments.

Connected mode

When in “connected mode”, developers receive alerts directly in the IDE if the code is outside the standards defined in SonarQube.

In short, for DevOps transformation to deliver the promised impact, it takes more than automation and continuous integration—it takes put quality at the heart of the development strategy. And, in this scenario, Sonar is a key piece.

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