Odoo 12 Development Cookbook: 190+ unique recipes to build effective enterprise and business applications, 3rd Edition

Build customized solutions for your business using the latest features of Odoo 12 and Python

Key Features:

- Get up to speed with Odoo 12 to create custom and reusable modules

- Interconnect your application with other systems by implementing web APIs

- Understand the mechanisms powering the Odoo framework and Odoo.sh to build robust enterprises

Book Description:

Odoo is a powerful framework known for rapid application development. Its latest release, Odoo 12, introduces tons of new features. With this book, you'll learn how to develop powerful Odoo applications from scratch, using all the latest features.

This Odoo cookbook starts by covering Odoo installation and deployment on the server. Next, you'll explore the Odoo framework with real-world examples. You'll create a new Odoo module from the ground up and progress to advanced framework concepts. You'll also learn how to modify existing applications, including Point of Sale (POS). This book is not just limited to backend development; the advanced JavaScript recipes for creating new views and widgets will help you build beautiful UI elements. As you move forward, you'll gain insights into website development and become a quality Odoo developer by studying performance optimization, debugging, and automated tests. Finally, you'll learn the latest concepts like multi-website, In-App Purchasing (IAP), Odoo.sh, and IoT Box.

By the end of the book, you'll have all the knowledge you need to build powerful Odoo applications. The development best practices used in this book will undoubtedly come handy when you are working with the Odoo framework.

What You Will Learn:

- Develop a module in the Odoo framework and modify the existing flow of any application

- Build dynamic websites with Odoo CMS

- Create and modify backend JavaScript components in Odoo and POS

- Connect and access any object in Odoo via Remote Procedure Calls (RPC)

- Illustrate the different tools available in Odoo to implement business processes for your records

- Implement in-app purchase services

- Manage, deploy, and test an Odoo instance with the PaaS Odoo.sh

- Configure IoT Box to add and upgrade Point of Sale (POS) hardware

Who this book is for:

If you're a Python developer who wants to develop highly efficient business applications with the latest Odoo framework, or if you just want a solution guide for all your Odoo development issues, this book is for you. Some JavaScript programming and web development experience is necessary to get the most out of this book.

Table of Contents

- Installing the Odoo Development Environment

- Managing Odoo Server Instances

- Server Deployment

- Creating Odoo Add-On Modules

- Application Models

- Basic Server-Side Development

- Module Data

- Debugging

- Advanced Server Side Development Technique

- Backend Views

- Access Security

- Internationalization

- Automation, Workflows, and Printouts

- Web Server Development

- CMS Website Development

- Web Client Development

- In-App purchasing with Odoo

- Automated Test Cases

- Managing, Deploying, and Testing with Odoo.sh

- Remote procedure calls in Odoo

- Performance Optimization

- Point of Sale

- Manage Emails in Odoo

- IoT Box

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.

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.

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.