loose summary: - dynamic languages: ruby/rails/merb/sinatra,, python/django/twisted/tornado, groovy/grails (nobody mentioned scala very much) - FP, erlang, cl

loose summary: - dynamic languages: ruby/rails/merb/sinatra,, python/django/twisted/tornado, groovy/grails (nobody mentioned scala very much) - FP, erlang, clojure, F#, haskell; - noSQL: KV store, doc-oriented db, .. - message queues and brokers: AMQP, rabbitMQ, XMPP, - javascript/ browser capabilities: jquery, node.js, BOSH, other libs - hosting, deploy, VCS: VPS, EC2, git,