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Odoo 15 Development Essentials - Fifth Edition

By : Daniel Reis
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Odoo 15 Development Essentials - Fifth Edition

4.5 (2)
By: Daniel Reis

Overview of this book

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.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
1
Section 1: Introduction to Odoo Development
6
Section 2: Models
9
Section 3: Business Logic
13
Section 4: Views
18
Section 5: Deployment and Maintenance

Who this book is for

This book was written keeping in mind developers with minimal programming knowledge but a strong will to learn. The Odoo server is implemented in Python, and basic knowledge of Python programming is expected before getting started with the book. The main platform used to run Odoo is an Ubuntu/Debian system, but little previous knowledge on it is assumed. The code examples are kept simple and clear, and they are accompanied by appropriate explanations to help build up knowledge on them.

Teachers, trainers, and Odoo development managers will also find the book useful for helping their students or trainees to learn Odoo development skills.

Experienced developers, already familiar with Odoo, should also be able to benefit from this book. Not only does it consolidate their knowledge, but it also provides an easy way to get up to date with all the details that changed in the last Odoo versions, which are highlighted whenever the changes are significant.

Finally, this book should provide a solid reference to be used daily, both by newcomers and experienced developers. The documentation of the relevant differences between the several Odoo versions should also be a good resource for any developer working with different Odoo versions at the same time or porting modules to other versions.