Use the DynamoDB Local Testcontainers module for your Go applications!

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Learn how to run and test DynamoDB applications locally using Docker and Testcontainers. Use the DynamoDB Local Testcontainers module for Go applications. Testcontainers makes it simple to create and clean up container-based dependencies for automated integration/smoke tests. You can start the DynamoDB Local Docker container, create a table, add data, query the data, and restart the container. Use custom endpoint resolver to resolve the endpoint for DynamoDB Local and the sharedDb flag for persisting data between successive test executions.

Run and test DynamoDB applications locally using Docker and Testcontainers

Getting started with the Testcontainers module for DynamoDB Local