Closes #8470: Expose NetBoxTable in the plugins framework

docs/plugins/development/tables.md

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+# Tables
+
+NetBox employs the [`django-tables2`](https://django-tables2.readthedocs.io/) library for rendering dynamic object tables. These tables display lists of objects, and can be sorted and filtered by various parameters.
+
+## NetBoxTable
+
+To provide additional functionality beyond what is supported by the stock `Table` class in `django-tables2`, NetBox provides the `NetBoxTable` class. This custom table class includes support for:
+
+* User-configurable column display and ordering
+* Custom field & custom link columns
+* Automatic prefetching of related objects
+
+It also includes several default columns:
+
+* `pk` - A checkbox for selecting the object associated with each table row
+* `id` - The object's numeric database ID, as a hyperlink to the object's view
+* `actions` - A dropdown menu presenting object-specific actions available to the user.
+
+### Example
+
+```python
+# tables.py
+import django_tables2 as tables
+from netbox.tables import NetBoxTable
+from .models import MyModel
+
+class MyModelTable(NetBoxTable):
+    name = tables.Column(
+        linkify=True
+    )
+    ...
+
+    class Meta(NetBoxTable.Meta):
+        model = MyModel
+        fields = ('pk', 'id', 'name', ...)
+        default_columns = ('pk', 'name', ...)
+```