Getting visual feedback

Sonar offers some very interesting and modern visual components to help the developer or manager understand the progress and evolution of the code base over time:

  • Motion Chart plugin
  • Timeline plugin

You can find the plugins in the Update Center under the Reporting/Visualization section. Install them and do not forget do restart the Sonar server after the installation. Finally, run a new analysis of a project and launch your browser.

Timeline plugin

The Sonar Timeline plugin uses Google's Annotated Time Line component. It is the same component that Google uses to render trends, stock analysis, and website analytics. You can find more information about the component at Google Code (http://code.google.com/intl/el-GR/apis/chart/interactive/docs/gallery/annotatedtimeline.html ...

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