.. _user_guide:

User Guide
==========

Skrub is a Python library that facilitates machine learning with tabular data
(dataframes, such as pandas and polars) using a scikit-learn-compatible API.

Use the sections below to navigate the guide. For a quickstart example,
try :ref:`Getting Started <sphx_glr_auto_tutorials_0000_getting_started.py>`.
For runnable code, see the :doc:`Example gallery <auto_examples/index>`.
For class and function details, see the :ref:`API Reference <api_ref>`.
For common use cases and how to address them, see the :ref:`How-to guides <how_to>`.


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.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 3

   auto_tutorials/0000_getting_started
   exploring_a_dataframe
   default_wrangling
   column_level_featurizing
   multi_column_operations
   data_ops
   joining_dataframes