Tutorial introduces PonyORM, one of the popular ORMs for Python. The manual consists of two chapters. The first chapter is devoted to the description of modern patterns of working with DBMS. The second chapter describes the main functionality of PonyORM. The guide is intended for students of IT specialties and can be recommended to a wide range of novice programmers who speak the Python programming language, the basics of database technology and SQL elements and want to get acquainted with modern software tools for working with DBMS using ORM technology.