Can you run a local copy of AWS DynamoDB somehow?

Yes, you can run it, and I'd recommend to use jcabi-dynamodb-maven-plugin to automate this process (if you're using Apache Maven).

Look at this post: http://www.yegor256.com/2014/05/01/dynamodb-local-maven-plugin.html

Yep - you can now.

http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2013/09/dynamodb-local-for-desktop-development.html http://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/Tools.html

Caveats include:

• DynamoDB Local ignores your provisioned throughput settings
• DynamoDB Local does not have a durability or availability SLA and is not recommended for production use