Getting ready for the Windows Phone 7 Exam 70-599 (Part 4)

This is the fourth part of my article series to prepare you for Microsoft's new Windows Phone 7 exam which will be available starting July 14th. For a short introduction and overview of the exam as well as a list of general learning materials please take a look at the first article. The official outline of the measured skills breaks down the topics into the following parts:

• Designing Data Access Strategies (19%) (this article)
• Designing and Implementing Notification Strategies (17%)
• Working with Platform APIs, Tasks, and Choosers (21%)
• Designing the Application Architecture (21%) (this article)
• Designing the User Interface and User Experience (23%)

The last article was all about working with specific platform APIs. In this part, we'll take a look on the overall architecture of an application and unique concepts of the Windows Phone platform as well as tuning your application for performance and marketplace certification.

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