Michael Hartl's guide is excellent and can back that up as as a great starting point. If you plan on running with a project that's already going that is going

Michael Hartl's guide is excellent and can back that up as as a great starting point. If you plan on running with a project that's already going that is going to slow down your learning curve. I would recommend doing things from scratch. It's important you truly understand what is happening then just a copy/paste action.