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Odoo 12 Development Essentials - Fourth Edition

By : Daniel Reis
Book Image

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.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
Title Page
Packt Upsell
Foreword
Contributors
Preface
Index

Fields


View fields have a few attributes available to them. Most of them have values taken from their definition in the model, but these can be overridden in the view.

Here is a quick reference for the field generic attributes:

  • name identifies the field database name.
  • string is the label text to be used if we want to override the label text provided by the model definition.
  • help is tooltip text shown when you hover the pointer over the field, and it allows you to override the help text provided by the model definition.
  • placeholder is suggestion text to display inside the field.
  • widget allows us to override the default widget used for the field. We'll explore the available widgets in a moment.
  • options is a JSON data structure with additional options for the widget. The values to use depend on what each widget supports.
  • class are the CSS classes to use for the field HTML rendering.
  • nolabel="True" prevents the automatic field label from being presented. It only makes sense for fields inside a <group...