Programming/Design Rules

[calutton]

Can anyone link me to a good list of rules to follow when desiging or programing a project? I have looked around but have only found very specific lists, I would like to find a very general/ non language specific list. Any help would be appeciated.:)

[Manish Malik]

While there are complete books on this subject,... search google (http://gooogle.com) for "Software Engineering" to get some useful links.