Odoo Development Cookbook

Build effective applications by applying Odoo development best practices

About This Book

• Each recipe stands by itself as much as possible, so that you can jump straight into the topics you prefer
• The recipes included cover all the major development areas of Odoo and the most important techniques explained through real-life projects
• From seasoned authors, learn the tricks of becoming a productive developer with the Odoo framework

Who This Book Is For

If you are a Python developer who wants to learn or consolidate your Odoo development skills, then this book is for you! Some experience with the JavaScript programming language and web development is required to fully benefit from the front-end chapters.

What You Will Learn

• Install and manage Odoo environments and instances
• Use Models to define your application’s data structures
• Add business logic to your applications
• Implement automated tests and debug Odoo apps
• Use back-end views to create a user interface
• Get to know about the access security model and internationalization features
• Develop front-end website features
• Extend the web client with new widgets and features

In Detail

Odoo is a full-featured open source ERP with a focus on extensibility. The flexibility and sustainability of open source is also a key selling point of Odoo. It is built on a powerful framework for rapid application development, both for back-end applications and front-end websites.

The book starts by covering Odoo installation and administration, and provides a gentle introduction to application development. It then dives deep into several of the areas that an experienced developer will need to use. You’ll learn implement business logic, adapt the UI, and extend existing features.

Style and Approach

These practical and easy-to-follow recipes are presented step-by-step, with dozens of hands-on recipes to boost your Odoo skills. This book can also be used as a reference guide for your daily work.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Installing the Odoo Development Environment
Chapter 2: Managing Odoo Server Instances
Chapter 3: Creating Odoo Modules
Chapter 4: Application Models
Chapter 5: Basic Server Side Development
Chapter 6: Advanced Server Side Development Techniques
Chapter 7: Debugging and Automated Testing
Chapter 8: Backend Views
Chapter 9: Module Data
Chapter 10: Access Security
Chapter 11: Internationalization
Chapter 12: Automation and Workflows
Chapter 13: Web Server Development
Chapter 14: CMS Website Development
Chapter 15: Web Client Development
Chapter 16: Server Deployment