I agree with the idea that one effective way of learning about something you don't understand is to write an article about it. The act of writing it forces you

I agree with the idea that one effective way of learning about something you don't understand is to write an article about it. The act of writing it forces you to clarify your understanding to the point that you can explain it to someone else. Here are some articles I wrote where at least 50% of the article consists of things I didn't understand prior to writing the article: http://blog.reverberate.org/2014/09/what-every-computer-programmer-should.html http://blog.reverberate.org/2014/09/what-every-computer-prog... http://blog.reverberate.org/2014/02/react-demystified.html http://blog.reverberate.org/2014/02/react-demystified.html http://blog.reverberate.org/2013/05/deep-wizardry-stack-unwinding.html http://blog.reverberate.org/2013/05/deep-wizardry-stack-unwi...