A common thread going round the blogosphere questions what is required to become a better developer. One blogger reckons it's to read a book a week for 26 weeks and do a little catch up learning. He'll certainly be better read than before, but better as a developer? Well, maybe. There might be a few other things that will help too.
Ensure your foundations. Know the basics really well. If your core HTML, C#, PHP etc is always at your fingertips, it'll leave you time to concentrate on the trickier things. That includes using your IDE, its plugins...