Suggestion for writing more readable code?

Question

What tips/suggestions do you have for writing more understandable code?

I've been somewhat frustrated by the lack of structure and bad format of some code I've been maintaining lately and would like to propose a series of guidelines for writing more understandable code.

Any suggestion might help, no matter the language.

Regards.

Answer 1

I suggest reading the following:

• Pragmatic Programmer
• Clean Code
• Effective Java