It's beyond me how you know that the author was anticipating what others would do when he wrote the article, since he never said that. Neat trick, though. *grin*

However, if he had that purpose in mind, that is fine. It's still noteworthy that, though some books may be useful for learning from the "ground up", that is not their primary intention. I would never recommend that a newbie go out and purchase a "Nutshell" book to learn from, unless they had other sources. Of course, with the number of tutorials on the web these days, one can usually pick up the basics of a given topic and then grab a "Nutshell" book and augment their skills.