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Introduction to Scanamo Version – 1.0.0-M11

December 29, 2020December 29, 2020Akka, akka-streams, Scalaakka-streams, DynamoDB

Reading Time: 2 minutes Scanamo Scanamo is a library to make use of DynamoDB with Scala. In this blog, we are going to work on latest version 1.0.0-M11 So, let’s get it started- 1. Add Library Dependencies: – Setup sbt project and add these library dependencies 2. Setup application.conf: – Create application.conf file and place it inside the src\main\resources\ 3. Create Case Class And DAO: – Create case class Continue Reading

Introduction to Alpakka DynamoDB

December 29, 2020December 29, 2020Akka, akka-streams, Scalaakka-streams, alpakka, DynamoDB

Reading Time: 3 minutes Alpakka DynamoDB This AWS DynamoDB connector provides a flow for streaming DynamoDB requests, using Akka stream and AWS java DynamoDB SDK. And in this blog, we are going to work on version 1.1.2 So, let’s get it started- 1. Add Library Dependencies: – Setup sbt project and add these library dependencies in build.sbt 2. Setup application.conf: – Create application.conf file and place it inside the Continue Reading

Custom DynamoDB Docker Instance

July 4, 2019July 4, 2019Database, DevOps, Docker, Tech Blogscontainers, DynamoDB

Reading Time: 3 minutes Hey guys, I hope you all are doing well, I am back with another blog on custom docker instances for databases. In my last blog we saw how we can have our custom docker instance for MySQL. Similarly, in this blog we would look how we can do the same with DynamoDB, so let’s get started. So just like the scenario in previous blog, I Continue Reading

Amazon DynamoDB: Core Components

August 22, 2018August 24, 2018Amazon, AWS, AWS Services, Database, NoSql, Reactive Application, TutorialAWS, AWSDynamoDb, CoreComponents, DynamoDB, nosql

Reading Time: 4 minutes DynamoDB is a part of Amazon Web Services. It is a NoSQL database, which supports key-value and document data structures. In this blog, we will be discussing Core components of DynamoDb. Features of DynamoDb: It is a fully managed NoSQL database. It can store & retrieve any amount of data, and can serve any amount of traffic. To maintain fast performance, it distributes data Continue Reading

The Rise Of Scanamo: Async Access For DynamoDB In Scala

July 19, 2018August 9, 2018Amazon, Database, Non-Blocking, NoSql, Scalaamazon, DynamoDB, nosql, technology

Reading Time: 2 minutes Scanamo is a library to use DynamoDB with Scala in a simpler manner with less error-prone code. Now the question is “Why should anyone use it?” The answer is very simple. As DynamoDB clients provided by AWS are not available in Scala DSL. So there are a number of libraries available for DynamoDB to write your queries in Scala. But what makes Scanamo different from other Continue Reading

No need to predict your application load in advance with Amazon DynamoDB

March 26, 2018Amazon, JavaDynamoDB

Reading Time: 2 minutes Hello everyone! In this blog, I will try to explain what is Amazon DynamooDb and how it is powerful than other NoSQL databases. What Is Amazon DynamoDB? Amazon DynmoDb is a fully managed NoSQL database service that provides fast and predictable performance with seamless scalability. We do not need to predict our application load in advance. In order to have a clear understanding, let us take a Continue Reading

Introduction to AWS DynamoDB

March 4, 2018July 19, 2018AWS, AWS Services, DatabaseAWS, Database, DynamoDB

Reading Time: 4 minutes DynamoDB is a database service provided by Amazon. Amazon DynamoDB is a fully managed NoSQL database service that provides fast and predictable performance with seamless scalability. You can use it to store and retrieve any amount of data without worrying about hardware provisioning, setup & configuration, replication, software patching, or cluster scaling. It mostly takes care of these things itself while also providing options to configure these Continue Reading