The Raft Algorithm is a distributed consensus algorithm designed to be easy to understand and implement. It is commonly used in distributed systems, such as distributed databases and file systems, to ensure data consistency and availability.
Some real-life applications of the Raft Algorithm include etcd, CockroachDB, and TiDB.
Setting up a New TypeScript Project
First, let's set up a new TypeScript project using Yarn. In your terminal, run the following commands:
yarn init -y yarn add -D typescript yarn tsc --init
This will create a new package.json file, install the TypeScript compiler as a development dependency, and create a tsconfig.json file for your project.
Defining Types and Enums For the Raft Algorithm
Before we start implementing the Raft Algorithm, let's define some types and enums to represent the different components of the algorithm.