Chapter 1, Taking Your First Steps with DynamoDB, introduces you to the DynamoDB console, AWS CLI, and DynamoDB Local, and you will learn simple CRUD operations on a DynamoDB table. It also covers how to set up your workspace to perform various recipes in the later chapters.

Chapter 2, Operating with DynamoDB Tables, provides you with hands-on recipes that can be performed on DynamoDB tables using the AWS SDK for Java, .NET, and PHP, along with a detailed explanation.

Chapter 3, Manipulating DynamoDB Items, enlightens you with various recipes on DynamoDB and how to manipulate DynamoDB items. Recipes that discuss batch, get, and write operations will help you understand how to handle bulk data in a cost efficient manner.

Chapter 4, Managing DynamoDB Indexes, helps you understand the use of secondary indexes in detail. It gives you ready-to-cook recipes on how to use Global and Local secondary indexes using the AWS SDK for Java, .NET, and PHP.

Chapter 5, Exploring High Level Programming Interfaces for DynamoDB, covers topics, such as object persistence model interfaces provided by the AWS SDK for Java and .NET. A detailed explanation on annotation-driven APIs is also provided in this chapter.

Chapter 6, Securing DynamoDB, introduces you to a rich identity and access model provided by AWS and how to apply that to DynamoDB. Recipes, such as client-side encryption and masking, are helpful to achieve high-level security for data stored in DynamoDB.

Chapter 7, DynamoDB Best Practices, covers various recipes on the cost and performance efficient services used in DynamoDB. Recipes, such as error handling and auto retries, will help you make your application robust. It also highlights the use of a transaction library in order to implement atomic transactions on DynamoDB.

Chapter 8, Integrating DynamoDB with other AWS Services, provides you ready-to-use recipes of how to integrate DynamoDB with various other AWS services, such as AWS Pipeline, EMR, S3, CloudSearch, Redshift, and so on. You will also learn when to integrate with which service.

Chapter 9, Developing Web Applications using DynamoDB, gives you an end-to-end experience on how to create web applications using DynamoDB as a database. At the end of this chapter, you will not only learn how to start, but also how to deploy the application on AWS Elastic Beanstalk.

Chapter 10, Developing Mobile Applications using DynamoDB, discusses how to build an Internet scalable mobile application using DynamoDB as a database. It also helps you understand how to use Asynchronous calls while accessing DynamoDB from Android apps.