Chapter 15. Discovering Custom Odoo Modules
In previous chapters, we covered how to install, configure, and even customize Odoo's standard modules. While Odoo has a lot of built-in and community modules, it is inevitable that there will be quite a few businesses that will have requirements that are difficult to achieve with the currently available modules. The Odoo framework offers developers the capability of extending Odoo to accomplish business objectives and (hopefully) make Odoo fit in better with the workflow of the company. It is important, however, before attempting to write custom Odoo modules that you completely understand the functionality of Odoo and the various modules that are already available in the community to ensure that you are not reinventing the wheel.
In this chapter, we will cover:
- Learning the basic structure of an Odoo module
- Using a module to add additional fields to your Odoo system
- Extending the views in your Odoo instance to include new fields...
