the current tutorial and quickstart guide should make it exceedingly clear, how is it that people are still confused? this is the quickstart: https://docs.sql

the current tutorial and quickstart guide should make it exceedingly clear, how is it that people are still confused? this is the quickstart: https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/20/orm/quickstart.html https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/20/orm/quickstart.html that's the one you use. That's it! There is no other style listed there lots of people still want to use other styles or still have to because they have legacy code. So these are documented also. However, SQLAlchemy wants you to use the style at: https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/20/orm/quickstart.html https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/20/orm/quickstart.html that's the only style we would have if we were starting now.