Setting up DynamoDB - Amazon DynamoDB
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Setting up DynamoDB

In addition to the Amazon DynamoDB web service, Amazon provides a downloadable version of DynamoDB that you can run on your computer. The downloadable version is helpful for developing and testing your code. It lets you write and test applications locally without accessing the DynamoDB web service.

The topics in this section describe how to set up DynamoDB (downloadable version) and the DynamoDB web service.