Python - Difference between Sonarcube Vs pylint

Question

I'm evaluating test framework, lint and code coverage options for a new Python project I'll be working on.

I've chosen pytest for the testing needs. After reading a bunch of resources, I'm confused when to use Sonarcube, Sonarlint , pylint and coverage.py.

Is SonarLint and Pylint comparable? When would I use Sonarcube?

I need to be able to use this in a Jenkins build. Thanks for helping!

Answer 1

Sonarlint and pylint are comparable, in a way.

Sonarlint is a code linter and pylint is too. I haven't used sonarlint, but it seems that analyzes the code a bit deeper that pylint does. From my experience, pylint only follows a set of rules (that you can modify, by the way), while sonarlint goes a bit further analyzing the inner workings of your code. They are both static analyze tools, however.

Sonarcube, on the other hand, does a bit more. Sonarcube is a CI/CD tool that runs static linters, but also shows you code smells, and does a security analysis. All of what I'm saying is based purely on their website.

If you would like to run CI/CD workflows or scripts, you would use Sonarcube, but for local coding, sonarlint is enough. Pylint is the traditional way, though.