Your first performance test

What you’ll do in this module:

How k6 runs your test script: Virtual users, iterations, and the three parts of a script
First test path: Install k6, write the QuickPizza script, run locally, send to Grafana Cloud k6
What k6 measures: Built-in metrics in the terminal and in dashboards
Local vs cloud execution: When to reach for k6 run vs k6 cloud run
First test complete: Debrief and questions to take into Module 3

Estimated time: 10-15 minutes

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You are moving from intro concepts into module two, your first performance test. You already know why load testing matters and where k6 sits in the toolchain. Now you connect that story to practice.

In this block, you revisit how k6 runs your script: virtual users, iterations, and the three structural parts of a test file. Then you jump into the first path to install k6, write the QuickPizza script, run it locally with k6 run, and send the same script through k6 cloud run so results land in Grafana Cloud k6. After the path, you compare what k6 measures in the terminal versus dashboards, decide when local runs are enough versus cloud runs, and finish with a debrief that tees up baseline work in module three. Budget about ten to fifteen minutes for this module segment.

Your first performance test

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