Thirding Code Complete (another top-level recommended it). I read that book very early on, and I credit it with my current ability to write clean code. Another

Thirding Code Complete (another top-level recommended it). I read that book very early on, and I credit it with my current ability to write clean code. Another good one is The Pragmatic Programmer. Lastly, this wiki is a gold mine of wisdom from hardened devs: http://wiki.c2.com/?StartingPoints http://wiki.c2.com/?StartingPoints I really recommend you read lots and lots of those pages.