Managing User Profiles with DynamoDB in Serverless Web Applications

Course details

Interested in learning how to create and develop with NoSQL databases? Tune into this course to learn how to set up a NoSQL database using DynamoDB, the popular managed NoSQL database service, as well as create Lambda functions that allow you to insert data into and retrieve data about users from DynamoDB. Instructor Brett McLaughlin begins by delving into what DynamoDB offers, as well as the meaning behind several essential database acronyms. He then shows how to create a new DynamoDB database, build and test a Lambda function, set up a new web form that lets you create users through your Lambda and an API gateway, and retrieve user data from DynamoDB.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - DynamoDB - A database that doesn't use SQL

1. Creating a New DynamoDB Database

02 - NoSQL, RDBMS, and other important database acronyms
03 - Create a table (and not a database)
04 - Challenge - Enter sample data into DynamoDB
05 - Solution - Enter sample data into DynamoDB
06 - Watch out for inconsistency when adding attributes
07 - Set up the sample application - Serverless website
08 - Set up the sample application - Lambdas and API Gateway
09 - Create an IAM role for accessing DynamoDB

2. Interact with Your Database via Lambda

10 - Build a new Lambda function
11 - Test your new Lambda function
12 - Make your first Put to DynamoDB
13 - Interact with the results of your DynamoDB Put
14 - Challenge - Add sample users to the database
15 - Solution - Add sample users to the database

3. Insert Structured Data into DynamoDB

16 - Get the request from a web form
17 - Display a response back from the Lambda
18 - Update your Lambda to respond based on your Put call
19 - Challenge - Add a phone number
20 - Solution - Add a phone number

4. Get Data from DynamoDB

21 - Get a list of users from DynamoDB
22 - Challenge - Set up an IAM role to read the users database
23 - Solution - Set up an IAM role to read the users database
24 - Return a list of users in JSON
25 - Update the client with user data
26 - Add and view users, all in your site
27 - Use query to search a table for an entry

Conclusion

28 - Going further

Managing User Profiles with DynamoDB in Serverless Web Applications

Authors

Brett McLaughlin