Challenge: 1

Throughout the course we'll be using the Harry's High-rise application as an example demonstrating programming concepts as they apply to a specific project, and how they influence the design of that application.

Harry's Highrises is an architectural firm designing skyscrapers in your city. They would like to contract with you to design and build a visualization tool that draws a skyscraper based on the customer's specifications. The tool should provide the customer with several design choices, including:

Size of the building in # of floors (each floor is 20 pixels tall)
Number of offices on each floor (each office is 20 pixels wide, and should have a window)
- Example Floor with 7 offices:

Window shape (square, square with dividers, circular)
- Example:

1.2 Example Window.png

Base type:
- Offices (same as rest of building)
- Retail (first story is split into a door and window for each pair of offices)
  - Example:

1.3 Example Office.png

Hotel lobby (first 2 floors taken by large windows, a single, centered large door flanked by pillars)
- Example:

1.4 Example Building.png

Top Type:
- Square (no special top)
- Tapered (triangular)
- Clock

1.5 Example Clock.png

Spire (whether or not to add a spire, and how tall)
- Example clock top with spire:

1.6 Example Building.png

Completed example: The City Grand Hotel (11 floors, 6 rooms per floor, hotel lobby base, clock top with spire):

1.7 Example Grand Hotel.png

Keep and eye out for these examples and opportunities to practice!