I'm a web developer that considers myself "up-to-date" but there was quite a bit in there that I need to read up on (notably Hadoop and ElasticSearch). Thanks for the links!
I'd also recommend, as some alternatives:
* Ruby as an alternative "general purpose language"
* Mongo as an alternative swiss army database
* Backbone + Marionette as an alternative front-end JS framework
I'd also recommend, as some alternatives:
* Ruby as an alternative "general purpose language"
* Mongo as an alternative swiss army database
* Backbone + Marionette as an alternative front-end JS framework
* CoffeeScript as a better Javascript syntax