From 1dbd2352b41ed3398d53ddf560844ec211c53310 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dennis Chen <41879777+chennisden@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 14:59:40 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Note on setting up dynamodb-admin for development (#18)

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 README.md | 16 ++++++++++++++++
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@@ -98,3 +98,19 @@ Initialize the test databases by running the creation script:
 ```bash
 python -m store.app.api.db
 ```
+
+### Miscellaneous
+
+#### DynamoDB Admin
+
+DynamoDB Admin is a GUI that allows you to visually see your tables and their entries. To install, run
+
+```bash
+npm i -g dynamodb-admin
+```
+
+To run, **source the same environment variables that you use for FastAPI** and then run
+
+```bash
+dynamodb-admin
+```