We'll cover the basics in darktable for new users: importing files, filtering, tagging and management, and achieving a basic, neutral edit. We'll then transition to more advanced techniques, such as color grading, masking, luminance control, highlight reconstruction, and denoising.
For maximum impact, please have darktable installed on your laptop (https://www.darktable.org/install/) and any raw files you've captured and want to edit.