any other ways to dry and cure?

ok so the conventional way is to hang dry then place in a jar for curing as seen in the tutorial...

is hang drying to only proper way to dry?
i would be able to put into a shoebox and dry then cure in an airtight jar?


or is hang drying the only thing to do...

say... if i picked the ripe buds off the plant.... and put them in a box to dry, then a jar to cure... would that work... ?

i was also thinking...

i only have a small place to be working with for "mary usage".... i was going to use my grow room as a place to hang dry my bud....

true/false:
light cannot get to the drying bud?

well if light cannotg et to the bud... can i hang the bud from a line... put a brown paper bag contraption hanging from the line... place the bud suspended inside the brown bag and let it dry that way?

i really wanna do the shoebox drying....

ive done small quantities in a box and works ok. you can use a taller box and tie string across on the inside hang and close the box. some ventilation would be nice, if not you gotta open the box a few times a day to air it out. theres alot of great threads here on diy dry boxes.