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Automation in General

What automation is, the four parts every automation has, why we automate, when it is worth it and what it costs, before any testing tool.

Jargon and Terms

The words you hear in every performance testing conversation, from concurrent users and peak load to think time, pacing, latency, throughput and bottleneck.

k6 Concepts

The k6 lifecycle, VUs vs. iterations, how options/CLI/env vars stack, and a JMeter-to-k6 cheat sheet.

Monitoring in General

What monitoring is, the four steps every setup has, the two kinds of signal (metrics and logs) and why it matters, before any tool.

Test Automation Fundamentals

The mental model of test automation, its moving parts, where tests run, test levels, suite types and commonly confused pairs.