Guide: Components

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In Angular, a Component is a special kind of directive that uses a simpler configuration which is suitable for a component-based application structure.

This makes it easier to write an app in a way that's similar to using Web Components or using Angular 2's style of application architecture.

Advantages of Components:

• simpler configuration than plain directives
• promote sane defaults and best practices
• optimized for component-based architecture
• writing component directives will make it easier to upgrade to Angular 2

When not to use Components: