ERP5 Handbook

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part I: First shock

After this part the reader should be able to install and use an ERP5 system with some business templates and hack a little bit on it. Understanding of genericity of ERP5 system should be sufficient to explore it - every installed module, creation and update of objects, setting of relations.

• Getting Started
• Let's go...
• User Interface
• Business Templates

Part II: Behind the User Interface

This part will introduce some important internal concepts of ERP5 - accessors, simulations, relations, used types, taken decisions in ERP5, and so on. It shall be more descriptive to ERP5 wiki - after reading this part reader shall be able to resolve simple problems, hack ERP5 with some understanding what's going on and ask good questions on ERP5 related mailing lists.

• From form to API

Part III: The magic of ERP5

• Simulations
• Security
• Accessors

Part IV: Become good developer

• Comprehensive example of simple ERP5 implementation
• Indirect interactions between system components
• Understanding, testing and analysing impact of your changes
• Python debugger
• Deep view into unit tests

Part V: Become a happy user

• Understanding listboxes

Appendixes

Appendixes shall be generated from code (low level) and installed ERP5 system (high level).

Reference documentation

• ERP5 Specific Zope tools
• ERP5 Products

About book

• Rationale
• Authors
• Information for book authors and contributors

Further reading

• ERP5 developer wiki