Everybody has a slightly different learning style that works best for them - often with different forms of content working best at various stages in their learning. I've always been an avid reader and tend to "index" most everything that I read for reference later when it becomes important. That being said, the first thing I do when getting ready to learn a new tool or technology is almost invariably to look for something (or many somethings) that has been written on the topic. That's followed closely ......