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TLDR

A free collection of object-oriented design problems and Java solutions to help software developers prepare for low-level design interview rounds at tech companies, covering SOLID principles, UML diagrams, and dozens of practice systems.

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  root((LLD Guide))
    Concepts
      OOP fundamentals
      SOLID principles
      UML diagrams
      Concurrency
    Practice problems
      Easy level
      Medium level
      Hard level
    Tech stack
      Java
    Use cases
      Interview prep
      Design practice
      Team learning
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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Study worked Java implementations of classic interview problems like parking lots, vending machines, and chess

USE CASE 2

Learn SOLID design principles through concrete code examples rather than abstract theory

USE CASE 3

Practice designing class hierarchies and relationships for complex systems like LinkedIn or an online auction

What is it built with?

Java

How does it compare?

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Setup difficultyeasyhardhard
Complexity3/53/54/5
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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

In plain English

This repository is a free learning resource for Low Level Design (LLD), also called Object Oriented Design, a topic that commonly appears in software engineering job interviews at tech companies. LLD interviews ask candidates to design the classes, objects, and relationships for a specific system from scratch: for example, design a parking lot, a vending machine, or a chess game. The repository covers the full range of concepts you need: object-oriented programming fundamentals (classes, inheritance, encapsulation, polymorphism), design principles like SOLID (a set of rules for writing maintainable code), UML diagrams (visual blueprints of software structure), concurrency and multi-threading concepts, and, most importantly, a large library of practice interview problems with solutions in Java. The practice problems are organized by difficulty. Easier ones include designing a parking lot, a logging framework, or a vending machine. Harder problems include designing systems like LinkedIn, an elevator, an online auction, or a chess game. Each problem comes with a problem statement and a worked-out Java implementation. You would use this if you are a software developer preparing for technical interviews that include a system design or machine coding round, or if you want to strengthen your understanding of object-oriented design patterns in general.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Using the parking lot solution from awesome-low-level-design as a reference, explain the key classes and their relationships to me in plain English.
Prompt 2
I have an LLD interview for a vending machine in two days. Walk me through the Java implementation approach step by step, explaining each class's responsibility.
Prompt 3
Explain the SOLID principles using one of the clearest examples from awesome-low-level-design, and show me what the code looks like before and after applying them.
Prompt 4
I'm preparing for a machine coding round. List the top 5 problems from awesome-low-level-design by difficulty and suggest which one to practice first.
Prompt 5
Using the chess game solution from awesome-low-level-design, help me understand how concurrency and multi-threading are handled in the design.

Frequently asked questions

What is awesome-low-level-design?

A free collection of object-oriented design problems and Java solutions to help software developers prepare for low-level design interview rounds at tech companies, covering SOLID principles, UML diagrams, and dozens of practice systems.

What language is awesome-low-level-design written in?

Mainly Java. The stack also includes Java.

How hard is awesome-low-level-design to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is awesome-low-level-design for?

Mainly developer.

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