Joomla – the difference between components and modules

Chandesh Parekh
by Chandesh Parekh
in Joomla!, Useful Web Sites
July 3, 2008

When starting out in Joomla, either as a developer or site administrator, it’s likely one of the first questions to pop up will be what the difference between a Component and a Module is. Although it’s possible to ‘figure’ out what does what, it’s always a good idea to get the low-down from someone who’s experienced in Joomla development.

Joseph LeBlanc has a great article on his site making it very simple to understand the main differences

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