You're reading from Odoo 15 Development Essentials - Fifth Edition

Product type Book

Published in Feb 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800200067

Pages 548 pages

Edition 5th Edition

Languages

Python

Concepts

Enterprise Resource Planning

Author (1):

Daniel Reis

Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Introduction to Odoo Development

2. Chapter 1: Quick Start Using the Developer Mode

3. Chapter 2: Preparing the Development Environment

4. Chapter 3: Your First Odoo Application

5. Chapter 4: Extending Modules

6. Section 2: Models

7. Chapter 5: Importing, Exporting, and Module Data

8. Chapter 6: Models – Structuring the Application Data

9. Section 3: Business Logic

10. Chapter 7: Recordsets – Working with Model Data

11. Chapter 8: Business Logic – Supporting Business Processes

12. Chapter 9: External API – Integrating with Other Systems

13. Section 4: Views

14. Chapter 10: Backend Views – Designing the User Interface

15. Chapter 11: Kanban Views and Client-Side QWeb

16. Chapter 12: Creating Printable PDF Reports with Server-Side QWeb

17. Chapter 13: Creating Web and Portal Frontend Features

18. Section 5: Deployment and Maintenance

19. Chapter 14: Understanding Odoo Built-In Models

20. Chapter 15: Deploying and Maintaining Production Instances

21. Other Books You May Enjoy

Summary

Frontend web pages allow Odoo to also provide features to external users. This can be used to display generic information to the public, or give personalized information to portal users. The frontend web features are the foundation of the Odoo CMS, provided by the Website app, and for frontend features such as e-commerce.

In this chapter, you understood the technical components that are at the core of frontend web features, web controllers, and QWeb templates. Web controllers implement routes, triggered when accessing certain URL paths called routes, and running any specific business logic needed. QWeb templates receive data prepared by the web controller and render HTML output with the help of the QWeb templating engine.

You now know how to use these components to implement a public web page integrated with the Odoo frontend, including the usage of your own web assets. You also know how to leverage the essentials of the Odoo portal to provide self-service features to...