My advise is find out what works best for your zone. In my zone, southern BC the best variant is Desert King. Grasping all kind of cuttings may just be a waste of your time. If you know what works in your zone, head to the nearest nursery and get a big tree. Propagation from cuttings is fun but don't forget it takes years(5 to 6 yrs) for the tree to be productive because we have a short growing season in Canada. Challenges in propagating from cuttings is not a matter of ABC's -- a host of issues from cutting care, cutting rooting temperature, rooted cutting medium & moisture, up-potting etc -- cuttings & a young fig plant can die so easy. I don't mean to be discouraging but judging from your enthusiam racing way ahead with wanting to grow from scratch than wanting to enjoy fresh tree ripen figs soonest possible with least problems. Also with an older tree, you have the opportunity to harden its limbs better in preparation for winter.