Here are some tips, tricks, and rules that improve codesmithing. All good codesmiths are continually on the lookout for ways to improve their coding; that attitude, more than anything else, is what makes for good code.

The Keypuncher's Assumption
 
Identifiers and Comments
 
Protect Yourself
 
Think Like An Object
 
Make Contracts
 
Don't Use Fortune Cookies
 
Observers
 
Good Ways To Write Bad Code
 
Coding Rules