AWS DynamoDB Hello World
AWS SDK for JavaScript v2.1.33
While it's true, Amazon provides detailed documentation for DynamoDB, unfortunately the code snippets are incomplete, inconsistent and may contain errors. In the spirit of cutting through the confusion, here's a really simple DynamoDB example, that actually works.
Switch out the keys for your own.
This is a demo only. Don't hardcode secret keys in javascript.
Review the screenshots for several AWS gotcha's.