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 Welcome to dataset's documentation!
 ===================================
 
+Simple API::
+
+    import dataset
+    # open a sqlite database (or create one if it doesn't exist yet)
+    db = dataset.connect('sqlite:///factbook.db')
+
+    # get a wrapper for the table 'population'
+    # this will create the table if it doesn't exist yet
+    table = db['population']
+
+    # insert a new row (and also create the columns if they don't exist yet)
+    table.insert(dict(country='China', year=2012, population=1354040000))
+    table.insert(dict(country='India', year=2011, population=1210193422))
+
+    # you can easily add new columns at any time
+    table.insert(dict(country='United States', year=2013, population=315591999, source='http://www.census.gov'))
+
+.. autofunction:: dataset.connect
+
+Database
+========
+
+A Database is a simple wrapper around SQLAlchemy engines. Most of the time you want to use it to get instances to tables using *get_table* or the short-hand dict syntax::
+
+   # both statements return the same table
+   table = db['population']
+   table = db.get_table('population')
+
+.. autoclass:: dataset.Database
+   :members: get_table, create_table, load_table, query
+   :undoc-members:
+
+
+
+Table
+=====
+
+Using the *Table* class you can easily store and retreive data from database tables.
+
+.. autoclass:: dataset.Table
+   :members:
+   :undoc-members:
+
+
 Contents:
 
 .. toctree::