Buffering and Batching AJAX Calls to Back-End API

At Zoosk, we maintain a single-page client app for web and Facebook applications, and handle our transactions with back-end servers using AJAX calls. One example of how this works is with Search — Instead of having a full-page reload each time…

Zoosk Test Tool “Test2k”

Using production data in a preproduction environment.

There are many challenges presented in testing a service with millions of users. No matter how many scenarios our team can envision and test, our users will inevitably find paths and situations we haven’t…

Name Mangling and Serialization in PHP

Serialization in PHP is the process of taking a snapshot of the state of an object and converting it to a storable string to be reconstructed later. It is a powerful tool, however there are a few pitfalls to be aware of that can cause issues if you’re not…

Responsive Web Design vs. Adaptive Web Design… Which one is for me?

The answer is… both! There seems to still be some confusion throughout the industry that Responsive Web Design and Adaptive Web Design are mutually exclusive. In fact, that couldn’t be further from the truth…

Creating Full-Page Mobile Swipe with AngularJS

Every website wants to have a flashy front page. It increases user interaction, raises revenue, and adds the all-important awesome factor to your site. For Zoosk, this means giving users the ability to swipe between search results, just like in a…

Localization — Repurpose Your Test Automation Infrastructure for Maximum Impact

One of the great things about functional test automation is that is let’s you perform time-consuming tasks very quickly. The downside is that it can often be expensive to build and maintain…

My Trip to ConvergeSE

At the beginning of May I attended the ConvergeSE Conference in South Carolina. I chose this conference because of it’s amazing speaker lineup and it did not disappoint. With responsive web design being the new standard, it was nice to attend a conference that gave me a new perspective on…