Initial support for Amazon DynamoDB. The module is implemented in two…

… layers, a very low-level layer called Layer1 and a higher-level API called Layer2. This includes reasonable tests for both layers.

boto/__init__.py

@@ -502,6 +502,22 @@ def connect_ia(ia_access_key_id=None, ia_secret_access_key=None,
                         calling_format=OrdinaryCallingFormat(),
                         is_secure=is_secure, **kwargs)
 
+def connect_dynamodb(aws_access_key_id=None,
+                     aws_secret_access_key=None,
+                     **kwargs):
+    """
+    :type aws_access_key_id: string
+    :param aws_access_key_id: Your AWS Access Key ID
+
+    :type aws_secret_access_key: string
+    :param aws_secret_access_key: Your AWS Secret Access Key
+
+    :rtype: :class:`boto.dynamodb.Layer2`
+    :return: A connection to the Layer2 interface for DynamoDB.
+    """
+    from boto.dynamodb.layer2 import Layer2
+    return Layer2(aws_access_key_id, aws_secret_access_key, **kwargs)
+
 def check_extensions(module_name, module_path):
     """
     This function checks for extensions to boto modules.  It should be called in the