Using AWS Lambda and installing DynamoDB local

As we have explored, there are two straightforward methods to handle items in your DynamoDB table. The first, albeit basic, involves utilizing the AWS Management Console. While it has its limitations, it provides a means to oversee your table and its data. In the preceding section, we dove into programming, leveraging the AWS SDK to interact with our table. This method is prevalent, especially when developing a local application or one destined for hosting on an Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instance. However, there is another increasingly favored approach among developers—the realm of serverless compute using AWS Lambda.

What is AWS Lambda? In straightforward terms, AWS Lambda is a serverless compute service that enables you to upload and run your code in practically any programming language to support a wide range of applications or systems. The beauty of it lies in the fact that you do not have to manually provision...