This project is about depicting the concepts of RAFT with the help of a user interface. If you are wondering what exactly RAFT is, i recommend this link for a good grasp on inner workings of the protocol. Briefly explaining, this protocol is about how you can build your own distributed cache/datastore with concepts which are intuitive and reasonable as compared to other similar systems such as Paxos. You can think of it as TCP/IP for data communications. The choice of framework for developing the UI is Angular 4.
npm install in the directory raft-angular to install all the required node dependencies.npm start which will open the page in the default browser of your choice.This project was generated with Angular CLI version 17.2.2.
Run ng serve for a dev server. Navigate to http://localhost:4200/. The application will automatically reload if you change any of the source files.
Run ng generate component component-name to generate a new component. You can also use ng generate directive|pipe|service|class|guard|interface|enum|module.
Run ng build to build the project. The build artifacts will be stored in the dist/ directory.
Run ng test to execute the unit tests via Karma.
Run ng e2e to execute the end-to-end tests via a platform of your choice. To use this command, you need to first add a package that implements end-to-end testing capabilities.
To get more help on the Angular CLI use ng help or go check out the Angular CLI Overview and Command Reference page.