Dynamodb Provider

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Introduction ​

The DynamoDB SDK (both v2 and v3) lacks type safety and requires significant boilerplate. Building expressions, avoiding attribute name collisions, and managing code repetition typically results in verbose, hard-to-maintain abstractions.

This library wraps DynamoDB operations with type-safe methods that work for both table-per-entity and single-table designs. Apart from the ksuid for ID generation, it has zero dependencies.

Requirements ​

  • Minimum Node version: 16

What Problems Does It Solve? ​

1. Type Safety ​

The AWS SDK for DynamoDB doesn't provide type safety for your data models. This library adds full TypeScript support, catching errors at compile time rather than runtime.

2. Reduced Boilerplate ​

Building DynamoDB expressions manually is verbose and error-prone. This library provides clean, intuitive methods for all common operations.

3. Attribute Name Collision Prevention ​

DynamoDB has reserved words that can cause errors. This library handles attribute name mapping automatically.

4. Code Reusability ​

Single-table designs require repeating table configuration. This library eliminates that repetition through the SingleTable and Schema layers.

Next Steps ​