As an Odoo developer, I was tired of writing the same boilerplate code every single day.

Every time I created a new model, I had to write:

from odoo import models, fields, api

class MyModel(models.Model):
    _name = 'my.model'
    _description = 'My Model'

    name = fields.Char(string='Name', required=True)

And every time I needed a form view, I had to write the entire XML structure from scratch.

So I decided to do something about it — I built a free VS Code extension called Odoo Dev Snippets!

What is Odoo Dev Snippets?

It is a VS Code extension that provides 20+ code snippets for Odoo developers. Just type a short prefix, press Tab, and your boilerplate code is ready in seconds!

Python Snippets

Example

Type omodel + Tab:

from odoo import models, fields, api

class SaleOrder(models.Model):
    _name = 'sale.order'
    _description = 'Sale Order'

    name = fields.Char(string='Name', required=True)
    # cursor lands here — ready to code!

Type ocompute + Tab:

total_amount = fields.Float(
    string='Total Amount',
    compute='_compute_total_amount'
)

@api.depends('order_line')
def _compute_total_amount(self):
    for rec in self:
        rec.total_amount = # cursor lands here

XML Snippets

Example

Type oform + Tab:

<record id="sale_order_form_view" model="ir.ui.view">
    <field name="name">sale.order.form</field>
    <field name="model">sale.order</field>
    <field name="arch" type="xml">
        <form string="Sale Order">
            <sheet>
                <group>
                    <field name="name"/>
                    <!-- cursor lands here -->
                </group>
            </sheet>
        </form>
    </field>
</record>

Type oinherit + Tab:

<record id="sale_order_form_view_inherit" model="ir.ui.view">
    <field name="name">sale.order.form.inherit</field>
    <field name="model">sale.order</field>
    <field name="inherit_id" ref="sale.view_order_form"/>
    <field name="arch" type="xml">
        <xpath expr="//field[@name='partner_id']" position="after">
            <!-- cursor lands here -->
        </xpath>
    </field>
</record>

How to Install

From VS Code Marketplace

1. Open VS Code
2. Press Ctrl+Shift+X
3. Search "Odoo Dev Snippets"
4. Click Install

🔗 Install from Marketplace

From GitHub

🔗 github.com/amankum02/odoo-snippets

Pro Tip

Just type o in any Python or XML file and VS Code IntelliSense will show you all available Odoo snippets in a dropdown!

What's Next?

I am planning to add more snippets:

• __manifest__.py template
• Security ir.model.access.csv template
• Controller routes
• QWeb templates
• Pivot and graph views

Contribute

This is an open source project and contributions are welcome!

If you use Odoo daily and have snippets you always write — please open a PR or suggest in the issues. Let's build this together for the Odoo community! 🙌

🔗 GitHub Repository

About Me

I am Aman Kumar Singh, an Odoo developer from India. I build open source tools to make Odoo development faster and easier.

• GitHub: @amankum02
• LinkedIn: Aman Kumar Singh

If this extension saves you even 10 minutes a day — give it a ⭐ on GitHub and a review on the Marketplace! It means a lot as a solo developer. 🙏

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