The speed at which business applications are evolving these days makes the process of data collection challenging and time-consuming. However, Quintagroup Amazon Web Services experts may offer you a solution. Introducing AWS DynamoDB, we will do everything to ensure the smooth and flawless management of your database.
Understanding AWS DynamoDB
AWS DynamoDB is a serverless NoSQL database provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS). Amazon DynamoDB is classified as Tier 0 data storage which means that it can be used as the basis for other services to be built on including other AWS services. Being capable of withstanding substantial scalings up and down, it can boast of handling millions of requests per second and more than 10 trillion per day in total. Amazon DynamoDB is used by developers from all over the world to create serverless applications without the need to spend your time on building architecture.
Key concepts and components
To effectively operate AWS DynamoDB, you should familiarize yourself with its core components. Here are some of them:
- Tables. Tables are used for storing data.
- Items. Items constitute the content of the tables and are composed of attributes. Each table encloses one or more items or even none at all. Every item must include a primary key.
- Attributes. Attributes are the components of items that are the smallest and indivisible elements of data.
- Primary key. A primary key is an integral part of any table and should be assigned alongside the table name. Primary keys are divided into simple and composite ones.
- Partition key. Being composed of only one attribute, the partition key is also called a hash key.
- Sort key. The sort key represents the one-to-many model of relationship and consists of two attributes. It sometimes may be referred to as a range key.
- Secondary index. In AWS DynamoDB, secondary indexes are optional, however, they could be used for querying the data.
- DynamoDB Streams. It is another feature that is not required but may come in handy if you need to track data modifications in tables.
Benefits and features of AWS DynamoDB
Having gained the trust of thousands of customers globally, AWS DynamoDB features are designed to enhance the quality of your user experience. To begin with, Amazon DynamoDB is a serverless database that doesn't require the installation of any additional software automatically scaling, adjusting to your performance, and ensuring on-demand backups. Providing support for the key-values and document data models, it operates a flexible schema which allows you to get rid of the necessity to rewrite your tables as it is typical for relational databases. Moreover, DynamoDB global tables offer the possibility of quick access to the data retrieved from applications located all over the world. Apart from that, DynamoDB supports ACID transactions enabling 100 actions to be conducted per transaction and improving the overall productivity of the developer.
AWS DynamoDB use cases in various industries
From the field of gaming to the sphere of retail, Amazon DynamoDB will make for a good choice for business development and growth. Users’ profiles, events, vocabulary transactions data stores, metadata stores and caches, fraud detection, workflow engines, and many other options are available for the customers of Amazon DynamoDB. Here are some of the industries where you may implement this NoSQL database:
- E-commerce
- Auctions
- Procurement
- Ad-tech
- Retail
- Banking & Finance
- Media
- Entertainment
AWS DynamoDB integration
Being one of the tools offered by the AWS cloud platform, Amazon DynamoDB could be integrated with a wide range of other Amazon services. Those are the following:
- Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator. In case you need to boost up the speed with which requests are managed, check on this one because it may speed up the performance by up to 10 times.
- AWS Lambda. Integration with AWS Lambda enables the utilization of triggers which can be used to detect and manage modifications of data in Amazon DynamoDB tables.
- Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3). It facilitates the possibility of conducting bulk exports or imports. This function will spare you an essential amount of time necessary for writing code for data transformation.
- Kinesis Data Streams for Amazon DynamoDB. This one allows to transfer of data into data lakes, produces metrics, and creates applications for catching up with real-time processes.
- Other services such as Amazon Athena, Amazon SageMaker, Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose, Amazon Redshift, and Amazon OpenSearch Service.
Best practices of Quintagroup app development with DynamoDB
As a team of professionals, Quintagroup may accomplish the following for you:
- Depending on your product, we create a team that consists of experts who will achieve all the goals you set. You can entrust your business to the hands of our React.js, Vue.js, or Fullstack developers. We provide skilled DevOps specialists with AWS expertise for CI/CD, Python, and Node.js developers who will build business logic in the backend. Whether you need an AQA, business analyst, or PM, we will select the best specialists for your team.
- We may offer you consulting services providing a specialist who can help your team overcome obstacles, fulfill your ideas, and mitigate the challenges.
- Our developers have substantial experience with other AWS services that could be integrated with DynamoDB.
- Database migration
- Assistance in choosing the database (MongoDB, CouchDB, DynamoDB)
- Development of the applications regardless of the Cloud Choice
Wrapping up
Quintagroup is a community of professionals who possess a vast empirical knowledge of dealing with the AWS DynamoDB as well as other AWS services it could be integrated with. As a team of specialists, we are extremely proud that our Amazon DynamoDB services met the expectations of our clients in projects like Sourcery, and Xchange.Loans, and others. Our experts can boast of huge experience with DynamoDB in the development of serverless applications in the fields of e-commerce, procurement, and auctions.
We are eager to utilize our experience and skills in AWS consulting to help you benefit from all the features and perks provided by AWS DynamoDB and guide you through the whole process of using it, so do not hesitate to get in touch.