Creating and using plugins for k6 and Grafana (k6 Office Hours #22)
In this episode of k6 Office Hours, Nicole and Simme are joined by Marcus Olsson, Developer Advocate at Grafana Labs, to talk about how to create plugins for open-source projects like k6 and Grafana.
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Introduction
12:15 How to get started with creating a plugin for Grafana (or k6)
36:40 Getting a plugin reviewed and listed
39:45 Developer Experience of a plugin: what is it and how do you code with it in mind?
44:32 Can k6 be used for UI load testing?
46:30 Advice for building plugins and improving UI of plugins
50:50 How to install and use the k6 data source plugin for Grafana
Contributing Today meetups: https://contributing.today
Go Stockholm meetup: https://www.meetup.com/Go-Stockholm/
DevOps Amsterdam and annual conference: https://www.meetup.com/DevOpsAmsterdam/
Starting with Grafana: https://grafana.com/tutorials
Join the Grafana forum: https://community.grafana.com
Calendly link for Marcus's Office Hours regarding plugins: https://calendly.com/marcusolsson/plu...
Marcus's GitHub: https://github.com/marcusolsson/
More Office Hours: • k6 Office Hours
Nicole on Twitter: / n_vanderhoeven
Simme on Twitter: / 0x12b
Marcus on Twitter: / marcusolsson
Learn more about Grafana Labs:
Website: https://grafana.com/
GitHub: https://github.com/grafana
Learn more about k6:
Website: https://k6.io
Repo: https://github.com/grafana/k6