Candidates for this exam should have a minimum of two to five years of experience developing HTML-based applications, including two or more years of experience developing applications for a touch-enabled interface/platform. Additionally, candidates should have experience designing and developing the Process Lifetime Management (PLM) for Windows Store apps; managing and securing application data for a Windows Store app solution; planning and designing user interaction solutions based on requirements with the full development life cycle of Windows Store apps; and designing and developing asynchronous solutions.http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en-us/exam-70-482.aspx.
The skills measured include developing Windows Store apps; creating background tasks; consuming background tasks; integrating WinMD components into a solution; discovering and interacting with devices; capturing media with the camera and microphone; gathering data from sensors; enumerating and discovering device capabilities; implementing printing by using contracts and charms; implementing Play To by using contracts and charms; notifying users by using Windows Push Notification Service (WNS); enhancing the user interface (UI); designing for and implementing UI responsiveness; implementing animations and transitions; creating custom controls; designing apps for globalization and localization; managing data and security; designing and implementing data caching; saving and retrieving files from the file system; securing application data; preparing for a solution deployment; designing and implementing trial functionality in an app; designing for error handling; designing and implementing a test strategy, diagnostics, and monitoring strategy.