Nicole wraps up her week of testing with k6 with an overview of her impressions while using k6 and k6 Cloud, comparing it to her experience with other load testing tools like JMeter. She mentions k6's code-first approach as being both its biggest advantage and disadvantage, and talks a bit about testing test tools for speed. k6 on Twitter: @k6_io.

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So you've got your load testing scripts. What next? How do you ramp it up and run it at scale on the cloud? In this video, Nicole shows how easy it is to kick off a load test using k6 Cloud.

Nicole discusses how to stream the results of load tests run locally to the k6 Cloud and how to recreate a stepped load profile using k6, compared to a load testing tool like JMeter. Note from Nicole: I realized after this video that I was mixing `let` and `var` in this video. They have different implications on scope, and I would recommend you use `let` or `const` in your own scripts. Also, there are other ways to achieve the stepped load profile, but this is one way to do it.

So you've run your first load test. Now what? Nicole talks about how to use k6's performance thresholds to determine the success of your test, the importance of comparing tests with a baseline, and why you should be including load tests in your continuous integration pipelines.

On this second video of her week of testing, Nicole discusses how to run a load test on k6 using the no-coding Test Builder option that allows you to create a simple load testing script and scale it within minutes.