Just wondered how you guys learned the Windows API. I'm reading Programming Windows, Fifth Edition by Charles Petzold right now. So far it seems to be a pretty decent book as far as programming goes.

An application programming interface (API) is software that acts as an intermediary between two programs, helping them exchange information.

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