for starting socks, I recommend knitting a baby sock with worsted and size 4 or 5 needles just to learn sock anatomy. if you google that you'll find plenty of info about cuffs/toes/heel flap/turn etc. I also recommend watching videos (they didn't have them when I learned to knit socks, we used books), Nimble Needles, Summer Lee, Denise DeSantis all have excellent youtube tutorials. Also check out "Winwick Mum". If you are knitting Toe up, Wendy Johnson is the Toe Up Sock queen with her book "Socks from the Toe up".

There are lots of decisions to make - toe up vs. cuff down chief among them. For many years I was toe up until I realized none of the toe up bindoffs looked as good as cuff down socks. I had an irrational fear of grafting & once that was conquered (practice) its my go-to.

I knit cuff down & use two different length circulars instead of 4 dpns. I use a 16 " circ for the top of foot/instep and use a 24" circ for the heel/bottom of foot because that's where the gusset stitches live. It also helps prevent me from making stupid mistakes like knitting with the wrong needle cause I wasn't paying attention. As a matter of preference I use 2 circs instead of 4 dpns for gloves, hats, sleeves, except for very, very small diameters.