Review of Game Scripting Mastery (Premier Press Game Development) [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

I own most of the books in the Permier Press Game Development Series and I have read through most of them, but what I really appreciated about this book was the authors focus on the subject.As much as I enjoy brushing up on windows programming and re-learning a little bit of C/C++, the author wasted no time and got right to the focus of the book; game scripting.

Product Description
Game Scripting Mastery is your key to the complicated issue of scripting. It provides a detailed guide to the design and implementation of a full-featured game scripting system. This book focuses on the design of procedural, C-style languages and their compilation to virtual machine code. Alternative scripting methods are discussed as well, including dynamic linking and simple, command-based languages. This is the first book to provide you with complete, comprehensive, and highly accessible information on game scripting. The CD includes the DirectX SDK, all source code from the book and other tools to turn you into a scripting master.

About the Author
Born in 1981, Alex Varanese has been an avid gamer since age 6 when his parents gave him a Nintendo for Christmas. Alex is currently a Java programmer in his native Silicon Valley. His interestes include coding, 3D rendering, visual effects, and film production.

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Review of Getting Started with HIPAA [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

If you are looking for a solid review of the HIPAA Security Rule, I would suggest looking elsewhere.The breadth and depth of this chapter is very narrow (a mere 25 pages of shallow content) and I suspect it was actually written before the Final Security Rule was released in February of this year (2003).The frameworks for assessing Security Policicies and Procedures are nearly non-existent.While the book does have some solid HIPAA content, it's definitely not geared towards accurately assessing one's HIPAA Security Posture.

Product Description
HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) touches every aspect of the healthcare industry. Organizations must meet the government established requirements or face severe penalties. "Getting Started with HIPAA" is a practical and solutions-oriented text that presents HIPAA's broad scope of guidelines in a clear and concise manner. It is a highly informative guide that is ideal for future reference. Once finished, you'll feel confident with your knowledge of the HIPAA Administrative Simplification legislation. It will bring you to a complete understanding of HIPAA legislation and its impact, changes that impact patient and medical records, requirements for privacy of patient and payment information, and much more!

About the Author
Uday O. Ali Pabrai is a highly-sought-after HIPAA consultant and speaker.Ali is an accomplished expert in the areas of HIPAA, e-business, enterprise security policy and architecture.Ali has delivered HIPAA Executive Briefs and the Certified HIPAA (CHP) program nationally.His attendees have included hospitals, pharmacies, legal professionals, physicians, office administrator's, clinicians, HIPAA compliance officers as well as IT professionals such as CISSPs, transactions and security experts.Ali's clients have included Blue Cross Blue Shield affiliates, Wells Fargo, Seabury and Smith/Marsh and many others.Ali created the industry leading CIW program and is the co-creator of the highly successful Security Certified Program (Security Certified.Net).Ali is the author of numerous books and articles on HIPAA, privacy, e-business, security and business threats.At ecfirst.com, Ali developed E-Accelerator - a HIPAA security-related implementation methodology.

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