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Proposed software compatibility standard
The Application Programming Interface for Windows (APIW) Standard is a specification of the Microsoft Windows 3.1 API drafted by Willows Software. It is the successor to previously proposed Public Windows Interface standard. It was created in an attempt to establish a vendor-neutral, platform-independent, open standard of the 16-bit Windows API not controlled by Microsoft. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Application Programming Interface for WindowsA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Learning PythonThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Applications programming interface for WindowsCited 0 times
- Go sideways: Wabi (software)A closely related topic
- Go sideways: Windows APIA closely related topic
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
📚 Books worth reading
Learning PythonMark Lutz, David Ascher · 1999
iPhone Application Development For DummiesNeal Goldstein · 2009
Introduction to Computing Using PythonLjubomir Perkovic · 2011
Programming WindowsCharles Petzold · 1988
Understanding object-oriented programming with JavaTimothy Budd · 1998
Practical Electronics for InventorsPaul Scherz · 2000
Evernote For DummiesDavid E. Y. Sarna · 2012
IOS 6 Application Development For DummiesNeal Goldstein · 2012
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