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Spike Testing with Gatling: Simulating Sudden Traffic Surges

Spike testing simulates sudden, dramatic traffic increases — a product launch going viral, a flash sale, or a marketing email hitting millions of inboxes simultaneously. Unlike stress testing (which ramps gradually), spike testing applies an immediate, extreme load increase to test instantaneous system response. Gatling is one of the best tools

Testing

Gatling Load Testing: Performance Tests as Code with Scala and Java

Load testing tools have a reputation for being painful. JMeter XML files grow into unmaintainable tangles. Shell scripts with curl loops miss the statistical rigor you need. Gatling takes a different approach: express your load test as code, run it on the JVM, and get a polished HTML report when