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.

Programming directly to the Windows API is like programming console apps in Assembler: It takes a lot of work just to do a little. This is not to say that you should never learn to program the Windows ...

An application programming interface (API) is code that enables two software programs to communicate. An API facilitates the exchange of data, features and functionalities between software ...