Load Testing: k6 and JMeter

Find the breaking point before your users do: k6's scriptable load tests and JMeter's mature GUI approach, plus how to read the results.

1. What load testing actually measures Load vs stress vs soak, what a virtual user is, and why the average response time hides the failure your users actually feel.
2. Writing the same test in k6 and JMeter One realistic ramping scenario built twice, in k6's JavaScript and JMeter's GUI, plus thresholds, checks, and running it in CI.
3. When the numbers lie and the system breaks The traps that quietly fake a passing load test, plus what real production load does that your tidy localhost run never showed you.