本书介绍了在Microsoft Windows 98、Microsoft Windows NT 4.0和Windows NT 5.0下程序写作的方法。这些程序用C语言编写并使用原始的Windows Application Programming Interface（API）。如在本章稍后所讨论的，这不是写作Windows程序的唯一方法。然而，无论最终您使用什么方式写作程序，了解Windows API都是非常重要的。
Programming Windows was first published by Microsoft Press in 1988 and has since become regarded as the best introductory text on the subject. In May 1994, Petzold was one of only seven people (and the only writer) to be given a Windows Pioneer Awar
