Core Concepts

This section covers the fundamental building blocks of Ryx.

What You'll Learn

• Models — Define database tables as Python classes
• Managers & QuerySets — The query API engine
• Fields — 30+ column types with validation
• Migrations — Schema evolution, automated

The Big Picture

# 1. Define a model (maps to a table)
class Post(Model):
    title = CharField(max_length=200)
    views = IntField(default=0)

# 2. Access via Manager
Post.objects  # → Manager

# 3. Build queries with QuerySet
Post.objects.filter(active=True)  # → QuerySet (lazy)

# 4. Execute
await Post.objects.filter(active=True)  # → [Post, Post, ...]