You want to a build a house. You can build it from brick, stone, or wood. However, if you tell someone how to stack bricks, lay stone, or cut and screw together wood, will they actually know how to build a house? No way. So, here I am looking at learning code, but it doesn't help because I want to see the bigger picture. So, I'm fine with shortcuts, like using an excavator to dig a hole for a foundation instead of a bunch of guys with shovels. However, if you understand the big picture, at least you see why your using a certain shortcut and what it achieves.
I'm not sure if that helps at all, but if I could say what I want specifically relating to development, I know I would want to learn file structure, how all the different files and tables should relate to one another and be organized (and where, locally vs. server vs. development server). But as I said, I don't even know the questions to ask here, which is part of the problem. So any help is appreciated. Thanks!