k6 / Gatling (Overview)

Summary

Modern, code-based alternatives to JMeter — k6 uses JavaScript, Gatling uses Scala — often preferred by teams wanting performance tests written and version-controlled like regular code, integrated into CI/CD.

• 1Explore k6's documentation and write a simple test script.
• 2Compare the code-based approach of k6/Gatling to JMeter's GUI-based test plan approach.
• 3Learn why code-based tools tend to fit more naturally into a CI/CD pipeline (Phase 11).