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Odoo Development Cookbook

You're reading from   Odoo Development Cookbook Build effective business applications using the latest features in Odoo 17

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Published in May 2024
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ISBN-13 9781805124276
Length 774 pages
Edition 5th Edition
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Holger Brunn has been a fervent open source advocate since he came into contact with the open source market sometime in the nineties.nHe has programmed for ERP and similar systems in different positions since 2001. For the last 10 years, he has dedicated his time to TinyERP, which became OpenERP and evolved into Odoo. Currently, he works at Therp BV in the Netherlands as a developer and is an active member of the Odoo Community Association.
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Husen Daudi, a software developer with a Master’s Degree from Gujarat University, India, is also a Six Sigma Black Belt consultant. He co-founded Serpent Consulting Services Pvt. Ltd., a prominent Open Source ERP Service provider with over 100 IT specialists serving clients in more than 170 countries. With extensive experience in ERP implementation since 2007, he brings a unique approach to his work. Husen has played a pivotal role in developing and maintaining various ERP implementations in both public and private sectors. Outside of work, he is a hobbyist painter and cherishes spending time with his sons, Mufaddal and Yusuf.
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Daniel Reis has a degree in applied mathematics and an MBA. He has had a long career in the IT industry, mostly as a consultant implementing business applications in a variety of sectors.nHe has been working with Odoo (OpenERP at the time) since 2010 and is an active contributor to the Odoo Community Association (OCA), where he also serves as a board member.nHe is the managing director of Open Source Integrators, a leading open source and Odoo consultancy firm.
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Jay Vora, a software engineer with a bachelor’s degree from Gujarat University, India, is known for his thoughtful leadership, passion for development, and enthusiasm for technology. With over a decade of experience in ERPs since 2007, he co-founded Serpent Consulting Services Pvt. Ltd., a leading provider of Odoo services. The company boasts a team of over 100 IT specialists serving clients across 170 countries. Jay is known for his sociable nature and active participation in various Odoo forums and social platforms. In addition to his technical pursuits, he is also a poet, writer, and avid blogger on topics ranging from motivation and cricket to ERP-related subjects.
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Parth Gajjar is a seasoned Odoo techno-functional expert with over a decade of experience. Starting his career at Odoo in 2012, he spent seven years in the R&D team at Odoo India, developing key features like Marketing Automation, Domain Builder, Website Builder, and the Odoo Mobile App, while also serving as a code reviewer and technical trainer. In 2019, Parth founded Droggol Infotech Pvt. Ltd., delivering hundreds of custom Odoo solutions across various industries and countries. His passion lies in leveraging Odoo and other technologies to solve real-world problems and push the platform's boundaries.
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Alexandre Fayolle started working with Linux and free software in the mid-1990s and quickly became interested in the Python programming language. In 2012, he joined Camptocamp to share his expertise on Python, PostgreSQL, and Linux with the team implementing Odoo. He currently manages projects for Camptocamp and is strongly involved in the Odoo Community Association. In his spare time, he likes to play jazz on the vibraphone.
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Preface 1. Chapter 1: Installing the Odoo Development Environment FREE CHAPTER 2. Chapter 2: Managing Odoo Server Instances 3. Chapter 3: Creating Odoo Add-On Modules 4. Chapter 4: Application Models 5. Chapter 5: Basic Server-Side Development 6. Chapter 6: Managing Module Data 7. Chapter 7: Debugging Modules 8. Chapter 8: Advanced Server-Side Development Techniques 9. Chapter 9: Backend Views 10. Chapter 10: Security Access 11. Chapter 11: Internationalization 12. Chapter 12: Automation, Workflows, Emails, and Printing 13. Chapter 13: Web Server Development 14. Chapter 14: CMS Website Development 15. Chapter 15: Web Client Development 16. Chapter 16: The Odoo Web Library (OWL) 17. Chapter 17: In-App Purchasing with Odoo 18. Chapter 18: Automated Test Cases 19. Chapter 19: Managing, Deploying, and Testing with Odoo.sh 20. Chapter 20: Remote Procedure Calls in Odoo 21. Chapter 21: Performance Optimization 22. Chapter 22: Point of Sale 23. Chapter 23: Managing Emails in Odoo 24. Chapter 24: Managing the IoT Box 25. Chapter 25: Web Studio 26. Index 27. Other Books You May Enjoy

Setting up Headless Chrome for client-side test cases

Odoo employs Headless Chrome to execute JavaScript and tour test cases, facilitating the simulation of end-user environments. Headless Chrome, devoid of the complete UI, enables seamless execution of JavaScript test cases, ensuring a consistent testing environment.

How to do it...

You will need to install Chrome to enable a JavaScript test case. For the development of the modules, we will mostly use the desktop OS. Consequently, if you have a Chrome browser installed on your system, then there is no need to install it separately. You can run client-side test cases with desktop Chrome. Make sure that you have a Chrome version higher than Chrome 59. Odoo also supports the Chromium browser.

Note

Headless Chrome client-side test cases work fine with macOS and Linux, but Odoo does not support Headless Chrome test cases on Windows.

The situation changes slightly when you want to run test cases on the production server or...

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Husen Daudi, a software developer with a Master's Degree from Gujarat University, India, is also a Six Sigma Black Belt consultant. He co-founded Serpent Consulting Services Pvt. Ltd., a prominent Open Source ERP Service provider with over 100 IT specialists serving clients in more than 170 countries. With extensive experience in ERP implementation since 2007, he brings a unique approach to his work. Husen has played a pivotal role in developing and maintaining various ERP implementations in both public and private sectors. Outside of work, he is a hobbyist painter and cherishes spending time with his sons, Mufaddal and Yusuf.
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Daniel Reis has a degree in applied mathematics and an MBA. He has had a long career in the IT industry, mostly as a consultant implementing business applications in a variety of sectors. He has been working with Odoo (OpenERP at the time) since 2010 and is an active contributor to the Odoo Community Association (OCA), where he also serves as a board member. He is the managing director of Open Source Integrators, a leading open source and Odoo consultancy firm.
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Holger Brunn has been a fervent open source advocate since he came into contact with the open source market sometime in the nineties. He has programmed for ERP and similar systems in different positions since 2001. For the last 10 years, he has dedicated his time to TinyERP, which became OpenERP and evolved into Odoo. Currently, he works at Therp BV in the Netherlands as a developer and is an active member of the Odoo Community Association.
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Alexandre Fayolle started working with Linux and free software in the mid-1990s and quickly became interested in the Python programming language. In 2012, he joined Camptocamp to share his expertise on Python, PostgreSQL, and Linux with the team implementing Odoo. He currently manages projects for Camptocamp and is strongly involved in the Odoo Community Association. In his spare time, he likes to play jazz on the vibraphone.
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Mantavya Gajjar has 10+ years' experience in Odoo, starting from TinyERP and OpenERP. He started his career as a developer and developed many new features in TinyERP, OpenERP, and Odoo. He has initiated a mobile application project at the Indian office . He has graduate and postgraduate degrees in Computer Applications from Gujarat Vidyapith. In June 2006, he started working for Axelor and Tiny ERP at Ahmadabad. He was the first international employee appointed to establish a branch of TinyERP in India (Ahmadabad, Gujarat). He has done everything from registering a legal company to setting up the physical office and recruitment. He has interviewed more than eight thousand candidates in the last 10 years, and he has selected and trained three hundred candidates for the Indian branch. Most professionals working on Odoo in India are trained by him. As a result, today India (Ahmadabad, Gujarat) is called the Hub of Odoo Developers, and over a thousand Odoo developers are available only in Gujarat. Mantavya is actively engaged with many universities in preparing and reviewing the syllabus for the Computer Applications and Computer Science courses. He has reviewed thousands of academic student projects. As an alumnus of the Gujarat Vidyapith Computer Science Alumni association, he contributes his free time to various social activities. He also plays the role of a trustee member and treasurer at Gujarat Vidyapith. In his spare time, he enjoys playing cricket with friends and driving to new destinations by road with his wife and daughter.
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Zeal Vora works as a DevSecOps Engineer primarily in the area of Defensive Security. He spends his days protecting and implementing security controls to help mitigate attacks both on the Cloud and servers. He is actively involved in security consultation, helping various startups which have been breached to overcome the breach and start again with a secure infrastructure.
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