Become a proficient Odoo developer and increase your productivity while building Odoo business applications

Key Features

• Set up the Odoo development environment and learn how to test and debug your code
• Use the ORM framework to work with data and implement business logic supporting business rules
• Design user interfaces, web pages, and business reports using the Odoo framework's web components

Book Description

Odoo is fast becoming the reference open source platform for business applications thanks to the fact that it provides the infrastructure needed for developers to deliver software solutions for any business process quickly. Odoo's layered module approach makes it particularly effective for combining and extending features. This updated fifth edition is a tutorial-style introduction to essential Odoo development topics.

The book starts by covering the development essentials for building business applications and takes you through Odoo installation and configuration, gradually transitioning from having no specific knowledge of Odoo to being ready for application development. You'll then learn how to develop your first Odoo application, while covering topics such as models and views. Later chapters will get you up to speed with using server APIs to add business logic, helping you lay a solid foundation for advanced topics. As you progress, you'll get equipped to build and customize your applications and explore the new features available in Odoo 12 and beyond, such as in-memory ORM and computed writable fields. Finally, you'll gain insights into building business logic and using the Odoo API to integrate with various applications.

By the end of this book, you'll be able to build business apps from scratch using the latest version of Odoo.

What you will learn

• Install Odoo from source and organize the development environment
• Create your first Odoo app from scratch
• Understand the application components available in Odoo
• Structure the application's data model using ORM features
• Use the ORM API to implement the business logic layer
• Design a graphical user interface (GUI) for the web client and website
• Use the Odoo External API to interface with external systems
• Deploy and maintain your application in production environments

Who this book is for

This book is for developers who want to learn Odoo application development and quickly become productive while creating business applications. Teachers, trainers, and Odoo team managers will also find the book useful for helping their students or trainees to learn Odoo development skills. Basic knowledge of Python programming is required to get started with the book.

Table of Contents

1. Quick Start Using the Developer Mode
2. Preparing the Development Environment
3. Your First Odoo Application
4. Extending Modules
5. Importing, Exporting, and Module Data
6. Models – Structuring the Application Data
7. Recordsets – Working with Model Data
8. Business Logic – Supporting Business Processes
9. External API – Integrating with Other Systems
10. Backend Views – Designing the User Interface
11. Kanban Views and Client-Side QWeb
12. Creating Printable PDF Reports with Server-Side QWeb
13. Creating Web and Portal Frontend Features
14. Understanding Odoo Built-In Models
15. Deploying and Maintaining Production Instances

About the Author

Daniel Reis is the Managing Director for the Open Source Integrators Europe branch (https://opensourceintegrators.eu). He works as Information Technology consultant, with experience in ERP, HRIS and Odoo implementations.

He has been working with Odoo since 2010, is an active contributor to the Odoo Community Association projects, and is currently a member of the board of the Odoo Community Association (https://odoo-community.org).