Chapter 1 Owls and Ostriches

1. Ignorance as a Virtue

2. Boiling Frogs

3. New Horizons

4. The Premise

Chapter 2 The Perfect Storm

1. Storm Warnings

2. The C++ Experience

3. Clouds Open

4. Fury Unleashed

5. Aftermath

6. Moving Ahead

Chapter 3 Crown Jewels

1. Language and JVM Design

2. The Internet

3. Enterprise Integration

4. Community

5. Breaking the Myths

Chapter 4 Glass Breaking

1. Java's New Job Description

2. Basic Java Limitations

3. Typing

4. Primitives

5. Parting Shots

6. Why Not Just Fix Java?

Chapter 5 Rules of the Game

1. Java Raises the Bar

2. Enterprise Integration

3. Generating the Buzz

4. Language Features

5. A Few Potential Suitors

Chapter 6 Ruby in the Rough

1. About Ruby

2. Applying Some Structure

3. Breaking It Down

Chapter 7 Ruby on Rails

1. The Numbers Game

2. Rails by Example

3. Under the Hood

4. The Essence

Chapter 8 Continuation Servers

1. The Problem

2. Continuations

3. Continuation Servers

4. Seaside

5. A Seaside Example

6. So What?

Chapter 9 Contenders

1. The Primary Contenders

2. Minor Contenders

3. The Next Big Thing

Chapter 10 About the Author