naming conventions for DynamoDB?

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Background: I'm creating kind of simplified pseudo-ORM for use in Django. Classes obviously use CamelCase convention, while Django app is underscored lowercase. Which leaves me with a few options:

Django ORM style: app_name_someclass
proper underscore style: app_name_some_class
as-is: app_name.SomeClass
possibly some other using different separators etc.

Are there any well established naming conventions for DynamoDB? So far, from what I've seen in examples, it seems that it's free-for-all.

kinda late now but anyone looking at this question can look at the official AWS documentation with example Tables and Data https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/AppendixSampleTables.html — chris, Dec 14 '20 at 01:49

Steve Chambers · Answer 1 · 2023-04-08T07:48:35.977

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Following the examples in the AWS documentation here and here would lead to the following conventions:

Table names in Pascal Case (Upper Camel Case), e.g. MyTable.
Attribute names also in Pascal Case, e.g. Id, ProductCategory etc.

Actually the examples are a bit inconsistent when it comes to acronym capitalization - with ISBN and Id in the first link and both CustomerID and CustomerId in the second link. Either style could be argued but I'd personally lean towards only capitalizing the first letter in an acronym. See here for more debate on this subject.

edited Apr 08 '23 at 07:48

answered Jan 17 '22 at 09:39

Steve Chambers

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Sorry for the nitpick, but the correct case naming is `PascalCase`. – Guilherme Matuella Apr 06 '23 at 17:41
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Don't mind the nitpick but Upper Camel Case is an equivalent term. Anyway have now edited to refer to Pascal Case. – Steve Chambers Apr 08 '23 at 07:49
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You're definitely right, sorry about it, wasn't even a nitpick, just a straight ignorance on my part! – Guilherme Matuella Apr 10 '23 at 13:19

score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 03 '13 at 18:10

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It's free for all. I name tables as "users", "secret-files", "seen-blog-posts", and their attributes as "user.name", "date.recent.iso", etc.

answered Jun 03 '13 at 18:10

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