{"title":"Meta-documentation and miscellany","version":"dev","locale":"en","docname":"misc/index","url":"/en/dev/misc/","canonical":"https://djangodocs.dev/en/dev/misc/","summary":"Documentation that we can’t find a more organized place for. Like that drawer in your kitchen with the scissors, batteries, duct tape, and other junk. API stability…","html":"<h1>Meta-documentation and miscellany<a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#meta-documentation-and-miscellany\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this heading</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></h1>\n<p>Documentation that we can’t find a more organized place for. Like that drawer\nin your kitchen with the scissors, batteries, duct tape, and other junk.</p>\n<div class=\"toctree-wrapper compound\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"toctree-l1\"><a class=\"reference internal\" href=\"/en/dev/misc/api-stability/\">API stability</a><ul>\n<li class=\"toctree-l2\"><a class=\"reference internal\" href=\"/en/dev/misc/api-stability/#what-stable-means\">What “stable” means</a></li>\n<li class=\"toctree-l2\"><a class=\"reference internal\" href=\"/en/dev/misc/api-stability/#stable-apis\">Stable APIs</a></li>\n<li class=\"toctree-l2\"><a class=\"reference internal\" href=\"/en/dev/misc/api-stability/#exceptions\">Exceptions</a></li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li class=\"toctree-l1\"><a class=\"reference internal\" href=\"/en/dev/misc/design-philosophies/\">Design philosophies</a><ul>\n<li class=\"toctree-l2\"><a class=\"reference internal\" href=\"/en/dev/misc/design-philosophies/#overall\">Overall</a></li>\n<li class=\"toctree-l2\"><a class=\"reference internal\" href=\"/en/dev/misc/design-philosophies/#models\">Models</a></li>\n<li class=\"toctree-l2\"><a class=\"reference internal\" href=\"/en/dev/misc/design-philosophies/#database-api\">Database API</a></li>\n<li class=\"toctree-l2\"><a class=\"reference internal\" href=\"/en/dev/misc/design-philosophies/#url-design\">URL design</a></li>\n<li class=\"toctree-l2\"><a class=\"reference internal\" href=\"/en/dev/misc/design-philosophies/#template-system\">Template system</a></li>\n<li class=\"toctree-l2\"><a class=\"reference internal\" href=\"/en/dev/misc/design-philosophies/#views\">Views</a></li>\n<li class=\"toctree-l2\"><a class=\"reference internal\" href=\"/en/dev/misc/design-philosophies/#cache-framework\">Cache Framework</a></li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li class=\"toctree-l1\"><a class=\"reference internal\" href=\"/en/dev/misc/distributions/\">Third-party distributions of Django</a><ul>\n<li class=\"toctree-l2\"><a class=\"reference internal\" href=\"/en/dev/misc/distributions/#for-distributors\">For distributors</a></li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ul>\n</div>","rootId":"meta-documentation-and-miscellany","toc":[],"breadcrumbs":[],"prev":{"docname":"ref/views","title":"Built-in Views","url":"/en/dev/ref/views/"},"next":{"docname":"misc/api-stability","title":"API stability","url":"/en/dev/misc/api-stability/"},"formats":{"html":"/en/dev/misc/","markdown":"/en/dev/misc.md","json":"/en/dev/misc.json"},"source":"https://github.com/django/django/blob/main/docs/misc/index.txt","official":"https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/misc/","inVersions":["dev","6.1","6.0","5.2","5.1","5.0","4.2","4.1","4.0","3.2","3.1","3.0","2.2","2.1","2.0","1.11","1.10","1.9","1.8"],"inLocales":["en"]}