Creating a DynamoDB table

After going through the core components of a DynamoDB table, it's time to create a table. This section describes the process of creating a DynamoDB table:

1. Log into your AWS account and open the DynamoDB console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/dynamodb/.
2. Click the Create table button.

3. In the Create DynamoDB table dialog, you can choose various options, as shown:

Creating a DynamoDB table

You can use following guidelines to complete step 3:

4. 1. Enter the desired table name, as shown in the preceding screenshot. The Table name can be between 3 and 255 characters long.
   2. Enter the partition key name and select the key type from the drop-down menu. Any primary key can only be a scalar data type, that is, String, Binary, or Number.

1. 3. Check the Add sort key checkbox, if required, and enter the sort key name and data type. This is required only if...