C++ Win32 applications, how does one even begin to learn?!

[wutanggrenad]

Anyways, I have a web dev background so I know the fundamentals of programming.
I thought I would learn another language, preferably something that would allow me to write desktop apps.
So I've dived into C++ and got (basic) console applications pretty easily, no problem I thought. Time to try and build a basic Win32 app I said.

[URL="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb384843.aspx"]http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb384843.aspx[/URL]

Is this really what it is going to take to make just a Hello World Win32 app?

Am I going about C++ the wrong way?

Anyway help or insight is appreciated

[danharibo]

[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qt_(framework)]Qt[/url]

[url=http://www.gtk.org/]GTK[/url]

use one of these instead.

Edit:

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[dajoh]

[url]http://www.winprog.org/tutorial/[/url] is a good tutorial on Win32 programming.