// Create a client
AmazonDynamoDBClient client = new AmazonDynamoDBClient();

// Define table schema:
//  Table has string hash- and range-keys.
KeySchema schema = new KeySchema
{
    HashKeyElement = new KeySchemaElement
    {
        AttributeName = "Author", AttributeType = "S"
    },
    RangeKeyElement = new KeySchemaElement
    {
        AttributeName = "Title", AttributeType = "S"
    }
};

// Define table throughput:
//  Table has capacity of 20 reads and 50 writes
ProvisionedThroughput throughput = new ProvisionedThroughput
{
    ReadCapacityUnits = 20,
    WriteCapacityUnits = 50
};

// Configure the CreateTable request
CreateTableRequest request = new CreateTableRequest
{
    TableName = "SampleTable",
    KeySchema = schema,
    ProvisionedThroughput = throughput
};

// View new table properties
TableDescription tableDescription = client.CreateTable(request).CreateTableResult.TableDescription;
Console.WriteLine("Table name: {0}", tableDescription.TableName);
Console.WriteLine("Creation time: {0}", tableDescription.CreationDateTime);
Console.WriteLine("Item count: {0}", tableDescription.ItemCount);
Console.WriteLine("Table size (bytes): {0}", tableDescription.TableSizeBytes);
Console.WriteLine("Table status: {0}", tableDescription.TableStatus);
KeySchema tableSchema = tableDescription.KeySchema;
Console.WriteLine("Hash-key: Name = {0}, Type = {1}",
    tableSchema.HashKeyElement.AttributeName, tableSchema.HashKeyElement.AttributeType);
Console.WriteLine("Range-key: Name = {0}, Type = {1}",
    tableSchema.RangeKeyElement.AttributeName, tableSchema.RangeKeyElement.AttributeType);
Console.WriteLine("Throughput: Reads = {0}, Writes = {1}",
    tableDescription.ProvisionedThroughput.ReadCapacityUnits,
    tableDescription.ProvisionedThroughput.WriteCapacityUnits);