How Do I Write Good Code?

Eric Dietrich, over at DaedTech, explains how he writes good code.  It’s a post worth a read in full, but here is a summary:

• Make it easy to change
• Make it really readable
• Make it work
• Make it elegant
• Learn from accomplished practitioners

He is also listing a few books to learn from (the Amazon links are those of Eric – I have no idea if they are affiliated or not, but if they are, he’ll get the credit, like he deserves):

• Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
• The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers
• The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master
• Working Effectively with Legacy Code
• Test Driven Development: By Example
• Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Constructio