Nouns are the ideas in a sentence and contain information like specificity or quantity.
Descriptions
Examples
Count nouns can take an -s at their end to indicate quantity, whereas non-count nouns typically cannot be made plural because they usually represent concepts.
One big component of video game development is the code.
Singular/plural nouns tell the reader the number of count nouns, which is also reiterated by the verb’s form.
The project is comprised of several pieces, with code being integral to many of them.
Common/proper nouns specify if one idea that is representative of many is being discussed, or if a very specific, named idea (with a capitalized first letter) is being discussed.