Book Description
Build customized solutions for your business using the latest features of Odoo 12 and Python
Key Features
- Get up to speed with Odoo 12 to create custom and reusable modules
- Interconnect your application with other systems by implementing web APIs
- Understand the mechanisms powering the Odoo framework and Odoo.sh to build robust enterprises
Book Description
Odoo is a powerful framework known for rapid application development. Its latest release, Odoo 12, introduces tons of new features. With this book, you'll learn how to develop powerful Odoo applications from scratch, using all the latest features.
This Odoo cookbook starts by covering Odoo installation and deployment on the server. Next, you'll explore the Odoo framework with real-world examples. You'll create a new Odoo module from the ground up and progress to advanced framework concepts. You'll also learn how to modify existing applications, including Point of Sale (POS). This book is not just limited to backend development; the advanced JavaScript recipes for creating new views and widgets will help you build beautiful UI elements. As you move forward, you'll gain insights into website development and become a quality Odoo developer by studying performance optimization, debugging, and automated tests. Finally, you'll learn the latest concepts like multi-website, In-App Purchasing (IAP), Odoo.sh, and IoT Box.
By the end of the book, you'll have all the knowledge you need to build powerful Odoo applications. The development best practices used in this book will undoubtedly come handy when you are working with the Odoo framework.
What you will learn
- Develop a module in the Odoo framework and modify the existing flow of any application
- Build dynamic websites with Odoo CMS
- Create and modify backend JavaScript components in Odoo and POS
- Connect and access any object in Odoo via Remote Procedure Calls (RPC)
- Illustrate the different tools available in Odoo to implement business processes for your records
- Implement in-app purchase services
- Manage, deploy, and test an Odoo instance with the PaaS Odoo.sh
- Configure IoT Box to add and upgrade Point of Sale (POS) hardware
Who this book is for
If you're a Python developer who wants to develop highly efficient business applications with the latest Odoo framework, or if you just want a solution guide for all your Odoo development issues, this book is for you. Some JavaScript programming and web development experience is necessary to get the most out of this book.
Table of Contents
- Title Page
- Copyright and Credits
- About Packt
- Contributors
- Preface
- Installing the Odoo Development Environment
- Managing Odoo Server Instances
- Server Deployment
- Introduction
- Installing Odoo for production use
- Adapting the configuration file for production
- Setting up Odoo as a system service
- Configuring a reverse proxy and SSL with nginx and Let's Encrypt
- Using Docker to run Odoo
- Running Odoo through docker-compose
- Managing content delivery networks for websites
- Creating Odoo Add-On Modules
- Application Models
- Introduction
- Technical requirements
- Defining the model representation and order
- Adding data fields to a model
- Using a float field with configurable precision
- Adding a monetary field to a model
- Adding relational fields to a model
- Adding a hierarchy to a model
- Adding constraint validations to a model
- Adding computed fields to a model
- Exposing related fields stored in other models
- Adding dynamic relations using reference fields
- Adding features to a model using inheritance
- Using abstract models for reusable model features
- Using delegation inheritance to copy features to another model
- Basic Server-Side Development
- Introduction
- Technical requirements
- Defining model methods and using the API decorators
- Reporting errors to the user
- Obtaining an empty recordset for a different model
- Creating new records
- Updating values of recordset records
- Searching for records
- Combining recordsets
- Filtering recordsets
- Traversing recordset relations
- Sorting recordsets
- Extending the business logic defined in a model
- Extending write() and create()
- Customizing how records are searched
- Fetching data in groups with read_group()
- Module Data
- Debugging
- Advanced Server-Side Development Techniques
- Introduction
- Technical requirements
- Changing the user that performs an action
- Calling a method with a modified context
- Executing raw SQL queries
- Writing a wizard to guide the user
- Defining onchange methods
- Calling onchange methods on the server side
- Defining a model based on an SQL view
- Adding custom settings options
- Implementing init hooks
- Backend Views
- Introduction
- Technical requirements
- Adding a menu item and window action
- Having an action open a specific view
- Adding content and widgets to a form view
- Adding buttons to forms
- Passing parameters to forms and actions – Context
- Defining filters on record lists – Domain
- Defining list views
- Defining search views
- Changing existing views – view inheritance
- Defining document-style forms
- Dynamic form elements using attrs
- Defining embedded views
- Displaying attachments on the side of the form view
- Defining kanban views
- Showing kanban cards in columns according to their state
- Defining calendar and gantt views
- Defining graph and pivot views
- Defining the cohort view
- Defining the dashboard view
- Access Security
- Technical requirements
- Creating security groups and assigning them to users
- Adding security access to models
- Limiting access to fields in models
- Limiting record access using record rules
- Using security groups to activate features
- Accessing recordsets as a superuser
- Hiding view elements and menus based on groups
- Internationalization
- Automation, Workflows, and Printouts
- Introduction
- Technical requirements
- Managing dynamic record stages
- Managing kanban stages
- Adding a quick create form in a kanban card
- Creating interactive kanban cards
- Adding a progress bar in kanban views
- Creating server actions
- Using Python code server actions
- Using automated actions on time conditions
- Using automated actions on event conditions
- Creating QWeb-based PDF reports
- Web Server Development
- CMS Website Development
- Introduction
- Managing static assets
- Extending CSS and JavaScript for the website
- Creating or modifying templates – QWeb
- Managing dynamic routes
- Offering snippets to the user
- Getting input from users
- Managing Search Engine Optimization (SEO) options
- Managing sitemaps for the website
- Getting a visitor's country information
- Tracking a marketing campaign
- Managing multiple websites
- Web Client Development
- In-App Purchasing with Odoo
- Automated Test Cases
- Introduction
- Technical requirements
- Python test cases
- Running tagged Python test cases
- Setting up Headless Chrome for client-side test cases
- Client-side QUnit test cases
- Adding tour test cases
- Running client-side test cases from the UI
- Debugging client-side test cases
- Generating videos/screenshots for failed test cases
- Managing, Deploying, and Testing with Odoo.sh
- Remote Procedure Calls in Odoo
- Technical requirements
- Logging in/connecting Odoo with XML-RPC
- Searching/reading records through XML-RPC
- Creating/updating/deleting records through XML-RPC
- Calling methods through XML-RPC
- Logging in/connecting Odoo with JSON-RPC
- Fetching/searching records through JSON-RPC
- Create/update/delete records through JSON-RPC
- Calling methods through JSON-RPC
- The OCA odoorpc library
- Performance Optimization
- Point of Sale
- Manage Emails in Odoo
- IoT Box
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