Gain insights into DynamoDB, from table creation to security and monitoring. Delve into access control and avoid common mistakes to confidently use this AWS technology.

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DynamoDB is a beautiful piece of technology. This course covers it in depth. You will learn what DynamoDB is, what it can do, and how to use it. You will learn about table creation and go into the details of security and monitoring. Additionally, you will learn how to manage access control in DynamoDB and how to monitor the usage. 

After taking this course you will become confident in using DynamoDB and will have the know-how to avoid those rookie mistakes that people make while using this technology. No matter how familiar you are with AWS technologies, this course has something for you. For the beginner, this course gives a nice flavor of AWS technologies. And for advanced practitioners, this course provides a definitive guide to DynamoDB and related technologies.

DynamoDB Deep Dive: NoSQL for Software Engineers


## What is DynamoDB?
Here we will cover the basics of **NoSQL databases** and the features of **DynamoDB**.
## Creating tables 
In this section, we will discuss the flow for table creation. We will also discuss the things consider when creating tables.
## Creating items
We will discuss how to populate tables after creating them.  
## Reading data 
After creation and population, we will learn how to read data from tables. This will mark the end of the basics section of this course. In the following sections, we will discuss the intermediate and advanced topics related to DynamoDB.
## Secondary index 
***Primary key*** and ***range key*** are good but we sometimes need some more query power over our tables. We can use secondary indices for that. We will cover secondary indices and their types in this section.
## Monitoring 
Is our app running well? Are there failures that we need to know about? What is the traffic we are experiencing? We can encounter many such questions. To answer these questions, we need to monitor our database. **Amazon Web Services(AWS)** provides monitoring capabilities in the form of **CloudWatch**. In this section, we will learn about CloudWatch in detail.
## Access management 
There are always security concerns when we set up our services. We should be very careful while giving access to different actors in our team. This section covers the topics of access management with the help of **#key# IAM: Identity and Access Management #key#**. 
## Managing DynamoDB at scale 
Here, we will learn how to correctly provision our DynamoDB for optimal performance under the right budget.

> Please do not get overwhelmed by the number of topics that need to be addressed. We will be able to sail through the course in no time. We know, you can do it!



# What is DynamoDB?
Here we will cover the basics of **NoSQL databases** and the features of **DynamoDB**.
# Creating tables 
In this section, we will discuss the flow for table creation. We will also discuss the things consider when creating tables.
# Creating items
We will discuss how to populate tables after creating them.  
# Reading data 
After creation and population, we will learn how to read data from tables. This will mark the end of the basics section of this course. In the following sections, we will discuss the intermediate and advanced topics related to DynamoDB.
# Secondary index 
***Primary key*** and ***range key*** are good but we sometimes need some more query power over our tables. We can use secondary indices for that. We will cover secondary indices and their types in this section.
# Monitoring 
Is our app running well? Are there failures that we need to know about? What is the traffic we are experiencing? We can encounter many such questions. To answer these questions, we need to monitor our database. **Amazon Web Services(AWS)** provides monitoring capabilities in the form of **CloudWatch**. In this section, we will learn about CloudWatch in detail.
# Access management 
There are always security concerns when we set up our services. We should be very careful while giving access to different actors in our team. This section covers the topics of access management with the help of **#key# IAM: Identity and Access Management #key#**. 
# Managing DynamoDB at scale 
Here, we will learn how to correctly provision our DynamoDB for optimal performance under the right budget.

> Please do not get overwhelmed by the number of topics that need to be addressed. We will be able to sail through the course in no time. We know, you can do it!


Let’s look at the topics we will cover in this course.

Welcome!

What is DynamoDB?

Creating Tables

Create a Table in DynamoDB

Creating Items

Create Items in a DynamoDB Table

Reading Data

Read Data in a DynamoDB Table

Secondary Index

Secondary Index in a DynamoDB Table

Monitoring

CloudWatch Monitoring for DynamoDB

Access Management

DynamoDB Best Practices

Conclusion

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Overview: DynamoDB Deep Dive

What is DynamoDB?

Creating tables

Creating items

Reading data