Preface

AWS DynamoDB is an excellent example of a production-ready NoSQL database. In recent years, DynamoDB has been able to attract many customers because of its features, such as high-availability, reliability, and infinite scalability. DynamoDB can be easily integrated with massive data crunching tools such as Hadoop/EMR, which is an essential part of this data-driven world, and hence, it is widely accepted. The cost and time efficient design makes DynamoDB stand out differently among its peers. The design of DynamoDB is so neat and clean that it has inspired many NoSQL databases to simply follow it.

This book is a practical, example-oriented guide that starts with simple recipes, such as how to get started with creating a DynamoDB table, and gradually takes you through the advanced level recipes, such as how to create Internet scalable web/mobile applications using DynamoDB as a backend. It explains recipes on how to integrate DynamoDB with other AWS services such as AWS EMR, AWS CloudSearch, AWS Redshift, and many others. It also contains various recipes on how to secure DynamoDB using AWS IAM. It has plenty of recipes that discuss the DynamoDB best practices, which will help you use DynamoDB in the most efficient manner. It is concise with clean topic descriptions, plenty of screenshots, and code samples in order to enhance the clarity and to help you try and test things on your own.