framework-performance-comparator

Tool to compare the performance of various frameworks

Prerequisites

• k6
• NodeJS
• Yarn (optional)

K6 Installation

Install dependencies

cd k6
yarn install

Running the test

To run a test written in TypeScript, we first have to transpile the TypeScript code into JavaScript and bundle the project

yarn webpack

This command creates the final test files to the ./k6/dist folder.

Once that is done, we can run our script the same way we usually do, for instance:

k6 run dist/get-200-status-test.js

Run script and output results to a csv file:

k6 run --out csv=output/test_results.csv dist/get-200-status-test.js

Environment variables:

• DURATION=1m
• VUS=10
• ENDPOINT=http://localhost:8080/test

Example of using environment variables:

k6 run -e VUS=10 -e DURATION=1m -e ENDPOINT=http://localhost:8080/test --out csv=output/test_results.csv dist/get-200-status-test.js

Writing tests

• The test code is located in tests folder
• The entry points for the tests need to have "test" word in the name to distinguish them from auxiliary files. You can change the entry here.
• If static files are required then add them to ./assets folder. Its content gets copied to the destination folder (dist) along with compiled scripts.

Transpiling and Bundling

By default, k6 can only run ES5.1 JavaScript code. To use TypeScript, we have to set up a bundler that converts TypeScript to JavaScript code.

This project uses Babel and Webpack to bundle the different files - using the configuration of the webpack.config.js file.

If you want to learn more, check out Bundling node modules in k6.