I’m completely self taught and the strategy I use most often is to grab a book on the topic. Either a lame men’s copy or a college text book and skim as much as

I’m completely self taught and the strategy I use most often is to grab a book on the topic. Either a lame men’s copy or a college text book and skim as much as possible. Once I’ve skimmed it I pretty much have a good idea of the outline and where the material is at within the book. After that I just read the parts I need most and implement them into a project. I will often times go back and read things again an reimplement until I’m happy I understand most of it. It might not be the best way but it’s worked for me and has helped me implement new things in a short amount of time. Also becoming obsessed helps.