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You're reading from Odoo 12 Development Cookbook 190+ unique recipes to build effective enterprise and business applications

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2019

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781789618921

Length 774 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

Odoo

Concepts

Enterprise Resource Planning

Authors (4):

Parth Gajjar

Daniel Reis

Holger Brunn

Alexandre Fayolle

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Table of Contents (26) Chapters

Preface

1. Installing the Odoo Development Environment FREE CHAPTER

2. Managing Odoo Server Instances

3. Server Deployment

4. Creating Odoo Add-On Modules

5. Application Models

6. Basic Server-Side Development

7. Module Data

8. Debugging

9. Advanced Server-Side Development Techniques

10. Backend Views

11. Access Security

12. Internationalization

13. Automation, Workflows, and Printouts

14. Web Server Development

15. CMS Website Development

16. Web Client Development

17. In-App Purchasing with Odoo

18. Automated Test Cases

19. Managing, Deploying, and Testing with Odoo.sh

20. Remote Procedure Calls in Odoo

21. Performance Optimization

22. Point of Sale

23. Manage Emails in Odoo

24. IoT Box

25. Other Book You May Enjoy

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Adding menu items and views

Once we have models for our data structure needs, we want a user interface so that our users can interact with them. This recipe builds on the Library Book model from the previous recipe and adds a menu item to display a user interface featuring list and form views.

Getting ready

The add-on module for implementing the library.book model, which was provided in the previous recipe, is needed. The paths that will be used are relative to our add-on module location (for example, ~/odoo-dev/local-addons/my_library/).

How to do it...

To add a view...

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Authors (4)

Gajjar

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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Fayolle

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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Holger Brunn

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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Daniel Reis

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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