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Odoo 12 Development Essentials

Odoo 12 Development Essentials

By : Daniel Reis
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Odoo 12 Development Essentials

Odoo 12 Development Essentials

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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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Modifying Views and data

Views and other data components of a module can also be modified by an extension module. In the case of Views, we will usually want to add features. The presentation structure for a View is defined in the arch field, which contains XML data. This XML data can be extended by locating the place where we want the modification, and then declaring the action to perform, such as appending some more XML elements there.

For the remaining data elements, they represent records that were written to the database, and extension modules can perform write operations on them to change some values.

Extending Views

Forms, lists, and search Views are defined using the arch XML structures. To extend Views, we need...

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