Design
Even if you feel great about knowing the architecture of your target platform without a good design you are going to be sunk. Try not to fall into the trap though of over-designing the application. The two basic principles are to "Keep it Simple" and to utilize information hiding (Don't show the user more than they need to see). Often this is where object-oriented analysis and UML come in. Do an internet search on UML and you'll find dozens of articles on using it.
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