Preface

• Who this book is for
• What this book covers
• To get the most out of this book
• Sections
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1. Installing the Odoo Development Environment FREE CHAPTER

• Introduction
• Odoo ecosystem
• Easy installation of Odoo from a source
• Managing Odoo environments using the start command
• Managing Odoo server databases
• Storing the instance configuration in a file
• Activating the Odoo developer tools
• Updating Odoo from source

2. Managing Odoo Server Instances

• Introduction
• Configuring the add-ons path
• Updating the add-on modules list
• Standardizing your instance directory layout
• Installing and upgrading local add-on modules
• Installing add-on modules from GitHub
• Applying changes to add-ons
• Applying and trying proposed pull requests

3. Server Deployment

• Introduction
• Installing Odoo for production use
• Adapting the configuration file for production
• Setting up Odoo as a system service
• Configuring a reverse proxy and SSL with nginx and Let's Encrypt
• Using Docker to run Odoo
• Running Odoo through docker-compose
• Managing content delivery networks for websites

4. Creating Odoo Add-On Modules

• Technical requirements
• Introduction
• Creating and installing a new add-on module
• Completing the add-on module manifest
• Organizing the add-on module file structure
• Adding models
• Adding menu items and views
• Adding access security
• Using the scaffold command to create a module

5. Application Models

• Introduction
• Technical requirements
• Defining the model representation and order
• Adding data fields to a model
• Using a float field with configurable precision
• Adding a monetary field to a model
• Adding relational fields to a model
• Adding a hierarchy to a model
• Adding constraint validations to a model
• Adding computed fields to a model
• Exposing related fields stored in other models
• Adding dynamic relations using reference fields
• Adding features to a model using inheritance
• Using abstract models for reusable model features
• Using delegation inheritance to copy features to another model

6. Basic Server-Side Development

• Introduction
• Technical requirements
• Defining model methods and using the API decorators
• Reporting errors to the user
• Obtaining an empty recordset for a different model
• Creating new records
• Updating values of recordset records
• Searching for records
• Combining recordsets
• Filtering recordsets
• Traversing recordset relations
• Sorting recordsets
• Extending the business logic defined in a model
• Extending write() and create()
• Customizing how records are searched
• Fetching data in groups with read_group()

7. Module Data

• Introduction
• Technical requirements
• Using external IDs and namespaces
• Loading data using XML files
• Using the noupdate and forcecreate flags
• Loading data using CSV files
• Add-on updates and data migration
• Deleting records from XML files
• Invoking functions from XML files

8. Debugging

• Introduction
• The auto-reload and --dev options
• Producing server logs to help debug methods
• Using the Odoo shell to interactively call methods
• Using the Python debugger to trace method execution
• Using the Odoo Community Association maintainer quality tools
• Understanding the debug mode options

9. Advanced Server-Side Development Techniques

• Introduction
• Technical requirements
• Changing the user that performs an action
• Calling a method with a modified context
• Executing raw SQL queries
• Writing a wizard to guide the user
• Defining onchange methods
• Calling onchange methods on the server side
• Defining a model based on an SQL view
• Adding custom settings options
• Implementing init hooks

10. Backend Views

• Introduction
• Technical requirements
• Adding a menu item and window action
• Having an action open a specific view
• Adding content and widgets to a form view
• Adding buttons to forms
• Passing parameters to forms and actions – Context
• Defining filters on record lists – Domain
• Defining list views
• Defining search views
• Changing existing views – view inheritance
• Defining document-style forms
• Dynamic form elements using attrs
• Defining embedded views
• Displaying attachments on the side of the form view
• Defining kanban views
• Showing kanban cards in columns according to their state
• Defining calendar and gantt views
• Defining graph and pivot views
• Defining the cohort view
• Defining the dashboard view

11. Access Security

• Technical requirements
• Creating security groups and assigning them to users
• Adding security access to models
• Limiting access to fields in models
• Limiting record access using record rules
• Using security groups to activate features
• Accessing recordsets as a superuser
• Hiding view elements and menus based on groups

12. Internationalization

• Installing a language and configuring user preferences
• Configuring language-related settings
• Translating texts through the web client user interface
• Exporting translation strings to a file
• Using gettext tools to make translations easier
• Importing translation files into Odoo

13. Automation, Workflows, and Printouts

• Introduction
• Technical requirements
• Managing dynamic record stages
• Managing kanban stages
• Adding a quick create form in a kanban card
• Creating interactive kanban cards
• Adding a progress bar in kanban views
• Creating server actions
• Using Python code server actions
• Using automated actions on time conditions
• Using automated actions on event conditions
• Creating QWeb-based PDF reports

14. Web Server Development

• Introduction
• Technical requirements
• Making a path accessible from the network
• Restricting access to web accessible paths
• Consuming parameters passed to your handlers
• Modifying an existing handler

15. CMS Website Development

• Introduction
• Managing static assets
• Extending CSS and JavaScript for the website
• Creating or modifying templates – QWeb
• Managing dynamic routes
• Offering snippets to the user
• Getting input from users
• Managing Search Engine Optimization (SEO) options
• Managing sitemaps for the website
• Getting a visitor's country information
• Tracking a marketing campaign
• Managing multiple websites

16. Web Client Development

• Introduction
• Technical requirements
• Creating custom widgets
• Using client-side QWeb templates
• Making RPC calls to the server
• Creating a new view
• Debugging your client-side code
• Improving onboarding with tour
• Mobile app JavaScript

17. In-App Purchasing with Odoo

• Introduction
• Technical requirements
• In-app purchase concepts
• Registering an IAP service in Odoo
• Creating an IAP service module
• Authorizing and charging IAP credits
• Creating an IAP client module
• Displaying offers when an account lacks credits

18. Automated Test Cases

• Introduction
• Technical requirements
• Python test cases
• Running tagged Python test cases
• Setting up Headless Chrome for client-side test cases
• Client-side QUnit test cases
• Adding tour test cases
• Running client-side test cases from the UI
• Debugging client-side test cases
• Generating videos/screenshots for failed test cases

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

• Introduction
• Technical requirements
• Exploring some basic concepts of Odoo.sh
• Creating an Odoo.sh account
• Adding and installing custom modules
• Managing branches
• Accessing debugging options
• Getting a backup of your instance
• Checking the status of your builds
• All Odoo.sh options

20. Remote Procedure Calls in Odoo

• Technical requirements
• Logging in/connecting Odoo with XML-RPC
• Searching/reading records through XML-RPC
• Creating/updating/deleting records through XML-RPC
• Calling methods through XML-RPC
• Logging in/connecting Odoo with JSON-RPC
• Fetching/searching records through JSON-RPC
• Create/update/delete records through JSON-RPC
• Calling methods through JSON-RPC
• The OCA odoorpc library

21. Performance Optimization

• The prefetching pattern for the recordsets
• The in-memory cache – ormcache
• Generating image thumbnails
• Accessing grouped data
• Creating or writing multiple records
• Accessing records through database queries
• Profiling Python code

22. Point of Sale

• Introduction
• Technical requirements
• Adding custom JavaScript/SCSS files
• Adding an action button on the keyboard
• Making RPC calls
• Modifying the POS screen UI
• Modifying existing business logic
• Modifying customer receipts

23. Manage Emails in Odoo

• Technical requirements
• Configuring incoming and outgoing mail servers
• Managing chatter on documents
• Managing activities on documents
• Sending mail using the Jinja template
• Sending mail using the QWeb template
• Managing the mail alias
• Logging user changes in chatter

24. IoT Box

• Technical requirements
• Flashing the IoT Box image for Raspberry Pi
• Connecting the IoT Box with the network
• Adding the IoT Box to Odoo
• Loading drivers and listing connected devices
• Taking input from devices
• Accessing the IoT Box through SSH
• Configuring a point of sale

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