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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

Our first web page


To get us started with the basics of Odoo web development, we will first implement a simple Hello World web page showcasing the basic concepts and techniques. Imaginative, right?

 

For our first web page, we only need a controller object.

We will begin adding it in the controllers/hello.py file:

  1. Add the following line to the library_website/__init__.py file:
from . import models
from . import controllers
  1. Add the library_website/controllers/__init__.py file with the following line:
from . import hello
  1. Add the actual file for the controller, library_website/controllers/hello.py, with the following code:
from odoo import http 

class Hello(http.Controller): 

    @http.route('/helloworld', auth='public') 
    def helloworld(self): 
        return('<h1>Hello World!</h1>') 

The odoo.http module provides the Odoo web-related features. Our controllers, responsible for page rendering, should be objects that inherit from the odoo.http.Controller class. The actual name used for...