Conflict-free UI with Leasing and Heartbeat using Django REST and Vue.js

This is an initial proof of concept of how to build a conflict-free UI with Leasing and Heartbeat using Django REST and Vue.js

Content:

1. Overview
2. Set up the working environment
3. Run Django server

1. Overview

An elegant solution to this problem is to use the "Leasing with Heartbeat " algorithm that is typically used in distributed systems for maintaining a lock on any given entity. An example distributed system that uses this algorithm is The Google File System (GFS) paper.

2. Set up the working environment

2.1 Clone the project repository in your machine and change the current working directory to that of the cloned project as follows:

git clone https://github.com/fatse/django-vuejs-heartbeat.git
cd django-vuejs-heartbeat

2.2 Install dependencies into an isolated environment:

python3 -m venv env
source env/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Run Django server

From your terminal run this command to start a local web server:

python manage.py runserver

And in your terminal you will see an output similar to the one below:

Watching for file changes with StatReloader
Performing system checks...

System check identified no issues (0 silenced).
July 02, 2022 - 21:48:12
Django version 4.0.6, using settings 'notes_heartbeat_project.settings'
Starting development server at http://127.0.0.1:8000/
Quit the server with CONTROL-C.

You can copy the url http://127.0.0.1:8000/ from the output and paste it directly to your browser's search bar.

Alternatively, you can click at the link http://127.0.0.1:8000/ from the output while pressing the Command ⌘ key, and it will open a new browser tab for the web application.