Create and Install a Custom Module in Odoo13

 In this article, you will learn how to create a new custom module from scratch in odoo13. To creating a new module in odoo13 we are going to use the scaffold command. You can also create a new module manually by creating necessary directories and files. But creating a custom module by using scaffold command is a good approach.

 What is Odoo Module

In Odoo everything is a module. You can say that the Odoo module is like a container, that holds all the business logic that is compulsory to run the Odoo system.

How to create a custom module in odoo13

To create a new custom module from scratch in odoo13 we are going to use the scaffold command provided by Odoo. Follow the below steps to create a custom module.

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• Open command prompt (As an administrator) or if you are using PyCharm than open Terminal
• Change your directory path in the terminal where odoo-bin python file is located in the odoo13 source folder (D:\odoo13)
• Below is the command to create a new odoo13 module from scratch 

odoo-bin scaffold <module name> <where to put it>

• Copy the below command and paste in Command Prompt or Terminal to creating a module named learn_openerp in the addons folder

odoo-bin scaffold learn_openerp addons

Error: 'odoo-bin' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

If you are facing the above error, then use the below command

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py -3 odoo-bin scaffold learn_openerp addons

 

The above error occurs when we have multiple versions of python installed in our system. In the above command py -3 means, we are using python version 3 or above (3.7+). The above command creates a new module named learn_openerp in the addons folder successfully.

Now create new database using below link

http://localhost:8069/web/database/manager

After creating database you will automatically render to following screen

 How to unable technical feature in Odoo13