Joomla's architecture is based on the MVC framework. We can divide the architecture into four major parts:
- The display: This is the frontend, which a user sees when they visit the website. It contains the HTML and CSS files.
- Extensions: Extensions can be further sub-divided into five major types:
- Components: Components can be thought of as mini-applications; they are intended for both users and administrators.
- Modules: These are small and flexible extensions that can be used to render pages. One example is a login module.
- Plugins: These are more advanced extensions and are also known as event handlers. These events can be triggered from anywhere and execute the plugin associated with that event.
- Templates: Templates take care of how the website looks. There are two types of templates that are used—frontend and backend. The backend template...