What this book covers

Chapter 1, Getting Started with Odoo Development, covers setting up a development environment, installing Odoo from source, and learning how to manage Odoo server instances.

Chapter 2, Building Your First Odoo Application, guides you through the creation of your first Odoo module, covering all the different layers involved: models, views, and business logic.

Chapter 3, Inheritance – Extending Existing Applications, explains the inheritance mechanisms and uses them to create extension modules that add or modify features on other existing modules.

Chapter 4, Data Serialization and Module Data, covers the most used Odoo data file formats, XML and CSV, external identifiers, and how to use data files in modules and in data import/export.

Chapter 5, Models – Structuring the Application Data, discusses in detail the Model layer with the types of models and fields available, including relational and computed fields.

Chapter 6, Views – Designing the User Interface, covers the View layer, explaining in detail several types of views and all the elements that can be used to create dynamic and intuitive user interfaces.

Chapter 7, ORM Application Logic – Supporting Business Processes, introduces programming business logic on the server side, exploring the ORM concepts and features, and also explains how to use wizards for sophisticated user interaction.

Chapter 8, QWeb – Creating Kanban Views and Reports, goes over the Odoo QWeb templates, using them to create rich kanban boards and HTML-based reports.

Chapter 9, External API – Integration with Other Systems, explains how to use Odoo server logic from external applications, and introduces a popular client programming library that can also be used as a command-line client.

Chapter 10, Deployment Checklist – Going Live, shows you how to prepare a server for production prime time and explains what configuration should be taken care of and how to configure an Nginx reverse proxy for improved security and scalability.