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Odoo 12 Development Essentials - Fourth Edition

By : Daniel Reis
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Odoo 12 Development Essentials - Fourth Edition

By: Daniel Reis

Overview of this book

Odoo is one of the best platforms for open source ERP and CRM. Its latest version, Odoo 12, brings with it new features and updates in Python packages to develop more customizable applications with additional cloud capabilities. The book begins by covering the development essentials for building business applications. You will start your journey by learning how to install and configure Odoo, and then transition from having no specific knowledge of Odoo to being ready for application development. You will develop your first Odoo application and understand topics such as models and views. Odoo 12 Development Essentials will also guide you in using server APIs to add business logic, helping you lay a solid foundation for advanced topics. As you progress through the chapters, you will be equipped to build and customize your applications and explore the new features in Odoo 12, such as cloud integration, to scale your business applications. You will get insights into building business logic and integrating various APIs into your application. By the end of the book, you will be able to build a business application from scratch by using the latest version of Odoo.

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Table of Contents (22 chapters)
Title Page
Title Page
Packt Upsell
Packt Upsell
Foreword
Foreword
Contributors
Contributors
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Quick Start Using the Developer Mode
Quick Start Using the Developer Mode
Technical requirements
Introducing the to-do list project
Basic concepts
Preparing a basic work environment
Modifying an existing model to add a field
Creating a new Model
Configuring access control security
Creating menu items
Creating views
Summary
Questions
2
Preparing the Development Environment
Preparing the Development Environment
Technical requirements
Setting up a host for the Odoo server
Installing Odoo from source
Managing Odoo databases
More server configuration options
Installing additional modules
Installing Odoo in a Python virtual environment
The server development mode
Summary
3
Your First Odoo Application
Your First Odoo Application
Technical requirements
Overview of the library project
Creating a new addon module
Creating a new application
Adding automated tests
The model layer
Setting up access security
The view layer
The business logic layer
Web pages and controllers
Summary
Questions
Further Reading
4
Extending Modules
Extending Modules
Technical requirements
Learning project – extending the Library app
In-place Model extension
Modifying Views and data
More Model inheritance mechanisms
Extending Python methods
Extending web controllers and templates
Summary
Questions
Further reading
5
Import, Export, and Module Data
Import, Export, and Module Data
Technical requirements
Understanding the external identifier concept
Exporting and importing CSV data files
Adding module data
Using XML data files
Summary
Questions
Further reading
6
Models – Structuring the Application Data
Models – Structuring the Application Data
Technical requirements
Learning project – improving the Library app
Creating models
Creating fields
Relationships between models
Computed fields
Model constraints
About the Odoo base Models
Summary
7
Recordsets – Working with Model Data
Recordsets – Working with Model Data
Technical requirements
Using the shell command
The execution environment
Querying data with recordsets and domains
Accessing data on recordsets
Writing on records
Composing recordsets
Low-level SQL and database transactions
Summary
8
Business Logic – Supporting Business Processes
Business Logic – Supporting Business Processes
Technical requirements
Learning project – the library_checkout module
Using stages for document-centered workflows
The ORM method decorators
Using the ORM built-in methods
The message and activity features
Creating a wizard
Using log messages
Raising exceptions
Unit tests
Development tools
Summary
Further reading
9
External API – Integrating with Other Systems
External API – Integrating with Other Systems
Technical requirements
Learning project – a client to catalogue books
Setting up Python on the client machine
Connecting to Odoo API using XML-RPC
Running server methods using XML-RPC
Search and read API methods
The Library client XML-RPC interface
The Library client user interface
Using the OdooRPC library
About the ERPpeek client
Summary
Further reading
10
Backend Views – Designing the User Interface
Backend Views – Designing the User Interface
Technical requirements
Menu items
Window Actions
Form view structure
Fields
Buttons
Dynamic view elements
List views
Search views
Other view types
Summary
Further reading
11
Kanban Views and Client-Side QWeb
Kanban Views and Client-Side QWeb
Technical requirements
About Kanban boards
Designing Kanban views
The QWeb template language
Inheritance on Kanban views
Custom CSS and JavaScript assets
Summary
Further reading
12
Reports and Server-Side QWeb
Reports and Server-Side QWeb
Technical requirements
Installing wkhtmltopdf
Creating business reports
QWeb report templates
Presenting data in reports
Rendering images
Report totals
Defining paper formats
Enabling language translation in reports
Reports based on custom SQL
Summary
Further reading
13
Creating Website Frontend Features
Creating Website Frontend Features
Technical requirements
Learning project – the Library self-service
Our first web page
Building websites
Summary
Further reading
14
Deploying and Maintaining Production Instances
Deploying and Maintaining Production Instances
Technical requirements
Installing Odoo from source code
Setting up Odoo as a system service
Setting up an nginx reverse proxy
Configuring and enforcing HTTPS
Server and module updates
Summary
Further reading
Assessments
Assessments
Chapter 1
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
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Index
Index

Adding automated tests

Programming best practices include having automated tests for your code. This is even more important for dynamic languages such as Python—since there is no compilation step, you can't be sure there are no syntactic errors until the code is actually run by the interpreter. A good editor can help us spot these problems ahead of time, but can't help us ensure the code performs as intended, like automated tests can.

Note

Changed in Odoo 12In previous versions, Odoo also used tests described using YAML data files. YAML data-file support was removed in Odoo 12, so this type of test is not available anymore.

The test-driven development (TDD) method states that we should write tests up front, check that they fail, then develop the code that, in the end, should pass the tests. Inspired by this approach, we will add our module tests now, before we add the actual features:

  1. The test code files should have a name starting with test_ and should be imported from tests/__init__.py. But...
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