diff --git a/tutorial/serverless-basic-application/assets/lamda_function.py b/tutorial/serverless-basic-application/assets/lamda_function.py
index f511897..89d6afe 100644
--- a/tutorial/serverless-basic-application/assets/lamda_function.py
+++ b/tutorial/serverless-basic-application/assets/lamda_function.py
@@ -1,11 +1,36 @@
-# import the JSON utility package since we will be working with a JSON object
+# import the json utility package since we will be working with a JSON object
 import json
+# import the AWS SDK (for Python the package name is boto3)
+import boto3
+# import time 
+import time
+# import two packages to help us with dates and date formatting
+
+# create a DynamoDB object using the AWS SDK
+dynamodb = boto3.resource('dynamodb')
+# use the DynamoDB object to select our table
+table = dynamodb.Table('DebugTableHelloWorld') # TODO, use this from env variable to align with the terraform instead of harccoding here
+
 # define the handler function that the Lambda service will use as an entry point
 def lambda_handler(event, context):
-# extract values from the event object we got from the Lambda service
+ # Get the current GMT time
+    gmt_time = time.gmtime()
+
+    # store the current time in a human readable format in a variable
+    # Format the GMT time string
+    now = time.strftime('%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S +0000', gmt_time)
+
+
+# extract values from the event object we got from the Lambda service and store in a variable
     name = event['firstName'] +' '+ event['lastName']
+# write name and time to the DynamoDB table using the object we instantiated and save response in a variable
+    response = table.put_item(
+        Item={
+            'ID': name,
+            'LatestGreetingTime':now
+            })
 # return a properly formatted JSON object
     return {
-    'statusCode': 200,
-    'body': json.dumps('Hello from Lambda, ' + name)
+        'statusCode': 200,
+        'body': json.dumps('Hello from Lambda, ' + name)
     }
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diff --git a/tutorial/serverless-basic-application/assets/lamda_function_v1.py b/tutorial/serverless-basic-application/assets/lamda_function_v1.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..213acd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tutorial/serverless-basic-application/assets/lamda_function_v1.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# import the JSON utility package since we will be working with a JSON object
+import json
+# define the handler function that the Lambda service will use as an entry point
+def lambda_handler(event, context):
+# extract values from the event object we got from the Lambda service
+    name = event['firstName'] +' '+ event['lastName']
+# return a properly formatted JSON object
+    return {
+    'statusCode': 200,
+    'body': json.dumps('Hello from Lambda, ' + name)
+    }
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diff --git a/tutorial/serverless-basic-application/dynamodb.tf b/tutorial/serverless-basic-application/dynamodb.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19731bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tutorial/serverless-basic-application/dynamodb.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+resource "aws_dynamodb_table" "basic_dynamodb_table" {
+  name           = "DebugTableHelloWorld"
+  billing_mode   = "PROVISIONED"
+  read_capacity  = 5
+  write_capacity = 5
+  hash_key       = "ID"
+
+  attribute {
+    name = "ID"
+    type = "S"
+  }
+
+  tags = {
+    Name        = "tungbq-dynamodb-table-prod"
+    Environment = "production"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tutorial/serverless-basic-application/lamda.tf b/tutorial/serverless-basic-application/lamda.tf
index 482c545..f241f88 100644
--- a/tutorial/serverless-basic-application/lamda.tf
+++ b/tutorial/serverless-basic-application/lamda.tf
@@ -66,3 +66,37 @@ resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "lambda_policy" {
   role       = aws_iam_role.lambda_exec.name
   policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSLambdaBasicExecutionRole"
 }
+
+# resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "dynamodb_task_permissions" {
+#     role       = aws_iam_role.lambda_exec.name
+#     policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSLambdaDynamoDBExecutionRole"
+# }
+
+resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "dynamodb_task_permissions" {
+  role       = aws_iam_role.lambda_exec.name
+  policy_arn = aws_iam_policy.dynamodb_access.arn
+}
+
+resource "aws_iam_policy" "dynamodb_access" {
+  name = "dynamodb-access"
+  policy = <<EOF
+{
+"Version": "2012-10-17",
+"Statement": [
+    {
+        "Sid": "VisualEditor0",
+        "Effect": "Allow",
+        "Action": [
+            "dynamodb:PutItem",
+            "dynamodb:DeleteItem",
+            "dynamodb:GetItem",
+            "dynamodb:Scan",
+            "dynamodb:Query",
+            "dynamodb:UpdateItem"
+        ],
+        "Resource": "${aws_dynamodb_table.basic_dynamodb_table.arn}"
+    }
+    ]
+}
+EOF
+}
diff --git a/tutorial/serverless-basic-application/outputs.tf b/tutorial/serverless-basic-application/outputs.tf
index f39503a..2e055d1 100644
--- a/tutorial/serverless-basic-application/outputs.tf
+++ b/tutorial/serverless-basic-application/outputs.tf
@@ -9,3 +9,10 @@ output "base_url" {
 
   value = aws_api_gateway_stage.lambda.invoke_url
 }
+
+
+output "dynamo_db_arn" {
+  description = "Base URL for API Gateway stage."
+
+  value = aws_dynamodb_table.basic_dynamodb_table.arn
+}