The only mmo I've played is WoW and I have a few questions about how the crafting works in this game.

1) Do we need to learn recipes before crafting or if we have the right mats in our inventory we can go ahead and make it. Say we know what the mats are from an external site or whatever.

2) I'm thinking that mining goes for blacksmith, armorsmith, and goldsmith? Botanist is for alchemy and carpentry? Then I guess fishing is for culinarian?

3)Is there a site that tells you the best places to farm the mats for certain recipe? I know WoW had wowhead. Does FFXIV have a huge database like that?

Thank you for all your help. FFXIV community seems a lot more helpful than the WoW community ever was.