Definitely start with a langstroth hive. I started a few years ago with a Warre Hive, and I liked it, but I learned a lot more with a langstroth. Plus, you can run a lang anyway you want, whether you want to try foundation, foundationless, etc. etc. Plus, you can make one a horizontal hive and operate it like a top bar hive if you want to do it that way.
Good luck - I started a few years ago, just for fun, not for the honey or the money! (sometimes you get neither!).
I also have found that I learn all of my knowledge the hard way. But that is the best way sometimes. I would read Michael Bush, Michael Palmer, Mel Disselkoen, Randy Oliver, and some others. You will get vastly different opinions and can sort through it your own way.