Performing data modeling and table creations

In this recipe, we will see how to model data for this web application and create a DynamoDB table accordingly.

Getting ready

To get started with this recipe, you need to know how to create a table in DynamoDB using the console.

How to do it…

To perform data modeling for any web application using the NoSQL database as a backend, we need to first start with what queries we would like to execute on the tables. Considering the requirements, we will need at least two tables:

  • User: This is a table used to store information of a valid user's details along with the credentials
  • Contact: This is a table used to store information of all the contacts added by the users

As we will use the user table to save the registered ...

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