Before you can begin understanding Odoo, it is important that you have a basic understanding of the framework and underlying architecture that makes up Odoo applications. Each Odoo application has three primary components that make up the final application. Fortunately, you don't have to be an expert developer to understand how the Odoo framework fits together. The three components are models, views, and actions.
Understanding the Odoo architecture
Models
In the Odoo framework, models are what hold and manage the data that make up your Odoo application. When you save a sales order in Odoo, the data for the sales order header is stored inside a model appropriately named sale.order. Individual data items, such as order...