[Ionic4] Why does CLI create file.page.ts instead of file.component.ts

[Firoux]

So I was wondering why can we still choose between page and component when creating element with “ionic g”, I read everywhere that page and component are the same thing so why does the CLI create page with file.page.ts and component with file.component.ts ?

Is it just a way for us to identify which component we consider beeing a page ? or does it have another meaning ?

[Firoux]

Think hard about learning to search before posting

For future mention this topic was kinda discussed in here:

Ionic 4 page or component, service or provider

Comparing the Ionic conference app: To the Ionic Stencil Conference app: It looks like all pages are classed as Components. While this may be a personal option (to use component or page), is this the growing trend and should we be following this for the sake of continuity? On the same note, using Services or Providers as the container name. If they are essentially the same thing except for how you inject them, should we name all services - Providers?