@jdorweiler the (my) thinking behind the intro tutorial is to keep things as simple and directed as possible. I contemplated making links throughout the intro pointing to more details on everything, but I fear it would cause people to be led astray or get confused by seeing and following all the links.

I've tried re-ordering the flow in beta so the developer can write the spice, test it and then learn about all the possibilities and further details later, once they have an idea of how stuff works.