Clean Code

Even a bookworm knows that messy code is like a tangled worm — nobody wants to deal with it. Uncle Bob's manifesto on clean coding practices is a rite of passage for developers. The refactoring examples are brilliant, and the Boy Scout Rule ("leave the code cleaner than you found it") is how Jim treats every library. Some examples feel dated, but the principles are eternal. Four worms — required reading for anyone who writes code.