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Working with Odoo 11

You're reading from   Working with Odoo 11 Configure, manage, and customize your Odoo system

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2018
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ISBN-13 9781788476959
Length 474 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Greg Moss Greg Moss
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Setting Up Odoo 11 FREE CHAPTER 2. Installing Your First Application 3. Exploring CRM in Odoo 11 4. Purchasing with Odoo 5. Making Goods with Manufacturing Resource Planning 6. Configuring Accounting and Finance Options 7. Administering an Odoo Installation 8. Implementing the Human Resources Application 9. Understanding Project Management 10. Creating Advanced Searches and Dashboards 11. Building a Website with Odoo 12. Implementing E-Commerce with Odoo 13. Customizing Odoo for Your Business 14. Modifying Documents and Reports 15. Discovering Custom Odoo Modules 16. Comparing Community and Enterprise Edition 17. Another Book You May Enjoy

Building our first Odoo module

One of the best features of the Odoo framework is that we can extend Odoo and write our own modules without having to modify any of the Odoo source code. Instead, the changes we make are all contained in their own directory and their own files.

The primary advantage of this is that when Odoo modifies its source code with patches or bug fixes, we do not have to worry about our changes getting overwritten. Also, while we may still need to modify our code if Odoo makes a dramatic change to its source code, there is a reasonable chance that the changes required will be minimal.

WARNING
Like in other areas of Odoo development, you should make frequent backups of your databases. Some of the examples we will show make changes to the database that can be difficult to undo.

Each module in Odoo has some basic requirements for it to be properly recognized by...

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