Creating Spring Boot MVC application with AWS DynamoDB in 10 mins
Building a Spring Boot MVC Web App with DynamoDB for a Game Leaderboard In this article, we’ll walk through the process of building a Spring Boot MVC web application that interacts with an Amazon DynamoDB table to display a game leaderboard. The application will allow users to view top scores for specific games, retrieve scores for individual users, and display all scores for a particular user. We’ll also explore how to use the AWS SDK for Java to interact with DynamoDB. Prerequisites Before diving into the Spring Boot project, ensure the following prerequisites are met: DynamoDB Table Setup : Create a DynamoDB table named leaderboard with the following schema: Partition Key: user_id Sort Key: sk Global Secondary Index (GSI): sk-top_score_index with sk as the partition key and top_score as the sort key. AWS CLI Configuration : Configure the AWS CLI to connect to your AWS account. This setup is necessary...