def create_table()

in application.py [0:0]


def create_table():
    signups = Table.create(application.config['STARTUP_SIGNUP_TABLE'], 
        schema=[
            HashKey('email') # defaults to STRING data_type
        ], 
        throughput={
            'read': 1,
            'write': 1,
        },
        connection=ddb_conn
    )