New to rooting

[Downtown Taco]

Ok, so I cracked my Epic 4g touch, and now I'm going to root it before I replace it. So...being new...help? I want some ICS love (stable, of coarse), but I want an easy root. So ANY advice would be lovely. Thanks in advance

 

[TheMacs]

Read read and read.

This is the link to Sfhub's xda page, referenced in his sticky here:
[ROOT][NCIQ][EG30/EG31/EK02] Auto root your existing stock ROM (w/o ODIN/ROM Flash) - xda-developers

This is the android development area at xda for our phone:
Epic 4G Touch Android Development - xda-developers