Final Exam: Working with Amazon DynamoDB

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

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  Recognize the properties of cloud databases and what makes them different from on-premises systems
  

  recall the benefits of cloud-hosted databases and the features which make them powerful storage solutions
  

  delineate the factors to consider when picking the best database for a particular use case
  

  outline the limitations of sql databases and how nosql systems address their drawbacks
  

  list the similarities and differences between key-value and document stores
  

  identify the different features and use cases of dynamodb
  

  outline the different consistency levels for data access in dynamodb
  

  set up your dynamodb tables to minimize access costs and improve user performance
  

  create a dynamodb table and view its configurations
  

  add multiple rows to a dynamodb table and update them
  

  create an iam user and download and install the aws cli
  

  outline the limitations of sql databases and how nosql systems address their drawbacks
  

  download and install a local version of dynamodb and create a table
  

  add data to a dynamodb table using the aws cli to execute put-item commands
  

  insert items individually and in a batch using the aws cli
  

  execute update operations on dynamodb items
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  set up the boto3 library for aws and use it to create a new dynamodb table
  

  retrieve and update dynamodb items from a python app
  

  remove unnecessary tables from a python app with boto3
  

  load a dataset with diverse types of attributes and recognize how these are defined in dynamodb
  

  run queries that search for patterns within string attributes
  

  set filters on different types of attributes
  

  construct an index that includes all attributes of a table's items
  

  update a dynamodb table and access its details on the linked kinesis stream
  

  enable dynamodb streams for a table and view item modification data on it
  

  perform read operations within a dynamodb transaction from a python app
  

  download and install the flask web framework
  

  configure a route in your flask app to a function that operates on a dynamodb table
  

  register and authenticate users in an app that uses dynamodb
  

  create a dynamodb table and an s3 bucket that will store images for the table's items
  

  replicate a dynamodb table in a different region
  

  configure items in your table to auto-expire at a given time