to give you a mechanical example:
if you would like to drive a 40 ton excavator.
You know how to drive a car. But you have no clue about the function of those pedals je joystick and these six levers to control this beast.
Will this work? no chance !
what do you have to learn?
Yes the basic function of all these levers, the joystick and the pedal. Otherwise you will damage a lot of things. The samw principle applys to writing code. if you don't start to learn you will be asking new basic question for moth