Planning to buy a Nikon Coolpix P6000 please do reco other cameras

Been searchin the internet for a good compact camera(I've had no experience with dslr cameras) but have been learning about aperture, shutterspeed and other things which based on my research that the Nikon has those controls, Can the Nikon Coolpix P6000 give me the basic principles of photography? I don't want to be somewhat a professional photographer just a casual one