For Odoo version 12, two new view types have been created: the cohort view and the dashboard view. In addition, many views have been extended to give a customized experience (for example, the kanban view shown in the Document application). This is a sign that the Odoo server code is maturing, and that we sometimes need to work on the client code to provide a customized experience.

In this talk, we will explain our experience on how to create and extend views in Odoo. More precisely, this will include the following topics:

- Adding a new view type

- Extending an existing view

- How we approach a problem

- Common problems

- Documentation/testing/validation