Everyone has different ways of learning, and I've read a few interesting articles on here about it. Some people are very visual learners, some like to sketch things out, read articles, or watch videos.

My question is: if you have a topic you want to learn, and you want to know everything there is to know about it, and gain a deep knowledge and understanding of it, where do you start? What is your process?

I find that some articles I'm reading are relatively opinionated, or not written with beginners in mind. They can sometimes skip over the structure/architecture of a project and why it is this way. Video tutorials are good but make me follow an example project, which I can't always apply to my own work.

I suspect it really is just 'trial and error' and building up that understanding over time. But I'm just curious. I'm fascinated by people who can tell me how and why things work, when often I feel like I just 'know enough to do the job'.

It's hard to explain but it's not so much about writing the code, or the syntax. It's the overall concept of how things tie together and why things are done in a certain way.