Reference

Use the reference section when you already know which Tango subsystem you are working with and need exact names, fields, methods, or option semantics.

Reference pages are not the best place to learn a subsystem from scratch. For first-pass learning, start with the Guide, Topics, or the How-to guides. Come back to reference when you need the precise public contract.

Reference pages

• CLI API: the tango executable, its built-in commands, and the small programmatic CLI surface
• Config API: the tango.config.* contract and the loader helpers that resolve it
• OpenAPI API: the descriptor helpers and generators for building OpenAPI documents from Tango resources
• ORM query API: the exact manager, query, and adapter contracts behind Model.objects and QuerySet
• Resources API: the resource-layer classes for serializers, views, filtering, and pagination
• Schema API: the model, metadata, registry, and helper contracts that the rest of Tango builds on

Choosing the right docs section

Use Guide when you are still orienting yourself to Tango as a framework.

Use Tutorials when you want to follow a working application end to end.

Use Topics when you want the mental model for a subsystem such as the ORM, the API layer, or migrations.

Use How-to guides when you already know the goal and want the shortest path to completing it.