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Lab 6 — DynamoDB

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Objectives
  • Create an AWS DynamoDB table
  • Add data to a DynamoDB table
  • Modify data
  • Query DynamoDB
  • Delete a DynamoDB table
Lab Details
  1. Create a new DynamoDB table named Movies. For the primary key use Title as String. Add a sort key named Genre as String.

    Take a screenshot of the table that shows the keys.

  2. Add data — click the items tab of your Movies table and choose Create item. Add 5 movies that include the Title and Genre. For each movie, add 1 additional, unique attribute (e.g. director, running time).

    Take a screenshot of the table data that shows the 5 movies.

  3. Change the genre of 1 of your movies.

    Take a screenshot of the table data that shows the 5 movies.

  4. Filter your table to display all movies with a genre of comedy.

    Take a screenshot of the comedy movies.

  5. Query your table to look for a movie with a specific title. Make sure it is a movie in your dataset.

    Take a screenshot of the query result.

  6. After completing the lab and getting credit in the Grade Center, delete the DynamoDB resources to avoid being billed.
What did I learn?
  • Creating a new table
  • Add data to your table
  • Modifying data
  • Query and Scan based on attribute matching