How should I learn to use the Windows API with Python?

Question

I have very little experience building software for Windows, and zero experience using the Windows API, but I\'m reasonably familiar with Python. How should I go about learn

Answer 1

All you need is completely free on MSDN.COM. Win32 is easily programed using C/C++, C#, and Visual Basic. I recommend C/C++. YOu can download the Visual Studio Express editions here.

All the documentation (not an abbreviated form) is on the web here.

Note that Win32 is often loosely used to mean "all the programming interface for Windows". More cannonically, it is the base native set of APIs for user mode applications. There a similar set of APIs for drivers and kernel components. You can learn about that here.

Microsoft has many other windows programming interfaces as well: The Common Language Run time and .NET frame work is a manged layer on top of windows. There are many other API families as well such as DX9 and DX10 (good link to game programming here).