Learning project – extending the Library app

In Chapter 3, Your First Odoo Application, we created the initial module for the Library app and provided a book catalog. Now, we will extend the application to add library members and allow them to borrow books. For this, we will create an extension module called library_member.

These are the features we must provide:

• Library books can be available to be borrowed or not. This information should be shown in the book form and on the website's catalog page.
• Some library member master data, along with the library card number, plus personal data, such as name, address, and email.
• We would like to provide members with the messaging and social features that are available on the borrowing form, including the planned activities widget, to allow for better collaboration.

Later, we plan to introduce a feature that allows members to borrow books from the library, but this is outside our scope for now. This will...