I hope you are monitoring your post asymeric because I would honestly appreciate an answer to a question I have:

It seems like jump into coding immediately interactive tutorials are all the rage. But I have always learned more effectively by reading a high-level, conceptual/philosophical overview of how and why something works the way it does. From there it's much easier for me to work through examples. "Oh I get why this is that way". "Oh yeah that makes sense ..."

I'm left-handed so perhaps this is just a left vs. right brain discussion. Left handers are minorities but I really think its very important to understand how/why something works from a high-level.

What are your thoughts?