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Technical Training

This training is designed for developers and or anyone who wants to develop modules and to get all the required knowledge. The objectives of this training are to master the OpenERPP Software, to learn how to develop new modules, how to adapt the Software to the different lines of business and how to interface the Software with other programs.

Duration:

5 days

Objectives:

Having attended this course, participants should be able to:

Understand the development concepts and architecture;
Install and administer OpenERP;
Develop a new OpenERP module.

Agenda:

1. Introduction

Training Goals

2. Installation

Server
Client
Translation files

3. Discovery

Main Interface
Module Management

4. Module Settings

Base, CRM, Accounting, Stock
Production, ...

5. Administration

Users, Groups, Rules
Access Control List
Module Management, logs

6. Architecture

Server/Client-oriented
Client GTK 2
Communication: XML-RPC

7. Directories and File Structures

Module location
One directory per module
Module content

8. OpenERP Object

Definition
How to define simple fields
Exercises

9. XML Flow

Syntax
Structure

10. View Introduction

Principles (Views, Actions, Menus)
Syntax for Simple View
Actions and menus
Exercises

11. Objects in Depth

Complex Fields
Relational Fields
On Change Event
Attributes " fields "
Default Value
Constraints
Inheritance
Objects Access
Predefined Methods

12. Views in Depth

Attributes for the field tag
More Tags
List View
Tree View
Graph View
Calendar View
Gantt View
Inheritance

13. Workflows

Use case
Principles
Terminology
Definition / Modification

14. Reports

Principles
Introduction
OpenOffice
Exercises

15. Wizards

Principles
Definition
Exercises

16. How to create a basic module

Objects
Views
Demo & Data
Workflows
Report

17. Backup

Backup
Restore

18. XMLRPC Interface

Use Cases
Principle
Methods
Example in Python
Example in PHP

19. Load/import data

CSV Import
Relational Fields

Requirements:

Participants are expected to have a basic knowledge of the Python programming language and an Integrated Development Environment such as Eclipse.
Participants preferably have a functional knowledge of the OpenERP software (see User Training).

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