How to Manage Software Architecture with SonarQube

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SonarQube adds a concrete architecture layer that reverse‑engineers a current architecture per analysis, lets teams define a top‑down intended architecture with only allowed sibling dependencies, and flags deviations plus structural flows (cycles, oversized or highly coupled components). Architectural violations become SonarQube code issues (one high‑level deviation can expand into dozens of file‑level issues—example given: 30) that break quality gates and show in IDEs. Available now on SonarQube Cloud for five languages (Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, C) with an ~800,000 LOC scan limit.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 0:52Why Architecture Debt Matters More in the AI Era
3. 1:51Symptoms of Poor Software Architecture Health
4. 2:22How Architectural Erosion Happens Over Time
5. 3:19Healthy Architecture Preserves Engineering Velocity
6. 3:48The Three Parts of the Sonar Architecture Solution
7. 4:01Understanding Architecture: Structure, Relationships, and Design
8. 4:48Three Core Architecture Concepts in Sonar
9. 5:53Product Philosophy: Architecture Tools Built for Teams
10. 7:01The Four Pillars of Architecture Governance
11. 8:51Current Architecture: Discover and Explore Your Codebase
12. 9:49Intended Architecture: Defining the Desired System Design
13. 10:52Rules for Defining Intended Architecture Constraints
14. 12:54Architecture Workflow: Scan, Compare, and Create Issues
15. 14:23Detecting Architecture Deviations and Structural Flaws
16. 15:00Converting Architecture Violations into Actionable Code Issues
17. 16:54Using Architecture Context to Guide AI Coding Agents
18. 18:26Availability, Supported Languages, and Next Steps

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