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Managing User Profiles with DynamoDB in Serverless Web Applications

Offered By: LinkedIn Learning

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Amazon DynamoDB Courses NoSQL Databases Courses Structured Data Courses JSON Courses API Gateways Courses Lambda Functions Courses IAM Roles Courses

Course Description

Overview

Learn how to set up a NoSQL database using DynamoDB, as well as create Lambda functions that allow you to insert data into and retrieve data from DynamoDB.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • DynamoDB: A database that doesn't use SQL
1. Creating a New DynamoDB Database
  • NoSQL, RDBMS, and other important database acronyms
  • Create a table (and not a database)
  • Challenge: Enter sample data into DynamoDB
  • Solution: Enter sample data into DynamoDB
  • Watch out for inconsistency when adding attributes
  • Set up the sample application: Serverless website
  • Set up the sample application: Lambdas and API Gateway
  • Create an IAM role for accessing DynamoDB
2. Interact with Your Database via Lambda
  • Build a new Lambda function
  • Test your new Lambda function
  • Make your first Put to DynamoDB
  • Interact with the results of your DynamoDB Put
  • Challenge: Add sample users to the database
  • Solution: Add sample users to the database
3. Insert Structured Data into DynamoDB
  • Get the request from a web form
  • Display a response back from the Lambda
  • Update your Lambda to respond based on your Put call
  • Challenge: Add a phone number
  • Solution: Add a phone number
4. Get Data from DynamoDB
  • Get a list of users from DynamoDB
  • Challenge: Set up an IAM role to read the users database
  • Solution: Set up an IAM role to read the users database
  • Return a list of users in JSON
  • Update the client with user data
  • Add and view users, all in your site
  • Use query to search a table for an entry
Conclusion
  • Going further

Taught by

Brett McLaughlin

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