Machine-coding case studies

Design an Elevator System

Multiple elevators, hall and cabin requests, and a scheduler that decides which car goes where, modelled with a direction State machine and a pluggable dispatch Strategy. An animated lesson where the diagram draws itself as the design grows.

  • Lesson 6 of 6
  • Animated diagrams
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Machine-coding case studies

  1. 1Design a Parking Lot
  2. 2Design a Vending Machine
  3. 3Design Splitwise
  4. 4Design Tic-Tac-Toe
  5. 5Design BookMyShow
  6. 6Design an Elevator System
6 lessons, each with diagrams that draw themselves.

What you will learn

  • 1. Clarify requirements (always do this first)
  • 2. Find the nouns → the classes
  • 3. Each elevator is a state machine
  • 4. The scheduler is a Strategy
  • 5. Mention the hard part

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