In this article, we will explore pessimistic locking, its main aspects, and how to implement it in Node.js using TypeORM. Pessimistic locking is a strategy to prevent concurrent access to a resource by obtaining exclusive access to the resource before making any changes. This approach ensures that other transactions cannot modify the locked resource until the lock is released.
We will use a practical example to demonstrate how to implement pessimistic locking in a Node.js application using the TypeORM library. Our example will focus on a payment processing scenario, where multiple processes might attempt to update the status of a payment concurrently.
