The new views and widgets (at least some of them) first landed
in web_studio (v10), and they we moved later to web, so changes
in web_studio need to be applied in web.
We replace a bunch of formatting and parsing functions by an object
(parse or format) which can be used to dispatch on the correct type. It
allows us to remove the format_field and parse_field functions.
Also, we camelcase our new code and add some comments.
This commit introduce a full redesign of all JS views. We started
basically from scratch. The goal was to unify all the various views
under a common framework, to make them testable, to make then usable in
different conditions (in studio, or in the frontend), and to make our
lives easier.
Some important points are:
- we introduced new coding guidelines (camelCase, 80 chars width, ...)
- we have a brand new testing framework (still QUnit based)
- kanban view moved to the web addon
- calendar view (formerly web_calender) moved to web as well
- the tree view was removed
- all new code should be documented
We hope that this code is the start of a new era for the Odoo web
client, we want to have a high quality codebase, well documented, well
tested, well designed.
Work done by the framework team: mostly aab, ged, chm, dmo, qsm
The JS widget is simplified, which a cleaner approach.
For the rendering part:
- the server reads the data
- the JS widget formats/organizes the data
- the template renders the data prepared by the widget
Quick summary of the modifications:
1. The associated field is a text field which contains JSON-encoded
data. The data are read server-side, and not client-side anymore.
2. The widget is an AbstractField, no need of ReinitializeWidgetMixin
anymore. No use of the FieldMonetary widget directly, but use a similar
format_value instead (inspired by ShowPaymentLineWidget).
3. Data formatting (call to format_value) is done in the widget, not in
the template anymore. This seems to be the standard way of doing, since
lunch was the only module where format_value was in the template and not
in the widget.
4. The addition of an order line is cleaner since all necessary data
are prepared server-side.
widget for displaying previous orders.
Detailed changes :
- previous order is not a computed field, with its own custom widget that has been designed
according the new spec for widgets;
- useless wizards have been removed, and replaced by some server actions that perform the
same action with less code and views;
- removed deprecated or incomplete reporting;
- some renaming to follow the new specifications of module coding
Aaron Bohy