create new module in odoo

ODOO 

 

to create new module in odoo you have to follow these steps

• create new folder "better with your module name" in your addons path , this folder will contain your module's files and folders
• inside the folder you have to create two main files 

1. the __init__.py file in which you have to import all of your module's python file , or the folder that contain python files 
2. the __manifest__.py which is goona be like this 

         {
            'name': 'your module name',
            'version': 'the server version which can run your module',
            'license': 'LGPL-3', // your license
            'category': 'Education', // your module category
            "sequence": 3,
            'summary': 'short description for your module ',
            'complexity': "easy",
            'author': 'Tech Receptives', // the developer of the module
            'website': ' your web site  if you have ',
            'depends': [the other modules which are necessary for your module's  work],
            'data': [
                 import all of module's xml files by their path
            ],
            'demo': [
                 import all of module's xml files by their path which are contain 

                   your demo data
            ],
            'images': [
              import your module's icon
            ],
              'installable': True, // is you module installable or not
              'auto_install': False, // do you want to install your module auto or not
              'application': True, // is you module an app or not
         }

this image show the standard architecture of the module