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April 2023

The k6 JavaScript ecosystem with Mihail Stoykov (k6 Office Hours #85)

Did you know that there is a k6 JavaScript ecosystem on top of the Go extension ecosystem? What's the difference between the two? What does k6 actually support? What types of things can you do with JavaScript? In this k6 Office Hours, Software Engineer and k6 maintainer Mihail Stoykov join Senior Developer Advocate Nicole van der Hoeven to talk all about the different options for k6 available through JavaScript libraries.

Frontend vs. backend: How to plan your performance testing strategy

There are many aspects of application performance, but they broadly fall into two categories: frontend performance and backend performance. As a tester, it’s important to know the differences between the two and how that impacts the way you approach your tests. In this blog, I’ll provide a high-level overview of frontend performance testing and backend performance testing, including pros and cons of each one.