Lots of good answers have already been posted, both for 'soft' skills (e.g. communication, empathy) and tech skills (e.g. coding, logical thinking, ...)

I agree 100% will all those answers, but I am surprised to not see 2 other skills which are, in my opinion, super important too:

• problem decomposition skills. This is the most important tech skill for me. If you’re able to correctly understand, then analyze the problem to decompose it in little chunks, then everything else will follow. (algorithm, coding, are only useful if the problem has been well understood and decomposed)
• pragmatic and forward thinking. I but them both together because you need both, and you need to find the best balance between them. Someone which will cut too many corners (not forward thinking) will often make the code hard to maintain or debug, or will not work in line with the strategy. On the other hand, if you only try to shoot for the long term goal, you might lose too many opportunities to ship fast, get feedback, learn from what works and what doesn’t work so well, etc. Trying the achieve the best balance between both gives you some code which has the most important characteristics of both: complexity is managed, it’s easy (or as easy as possible) to debug and maintain, it solves the current problem, it doesn’t try to overthink what might eventually be required in a hypothetic future.

I think those three are particularly relevant for developers:

• Problem-solving skills
• Does diligent and thorough work
• Eager to learn and improve

Another two, are true for team members in general:

• Empathy for others
• Desire to mentor others

It is an unordered list ;-)

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Here are my 5 principles of a good developer.

• Deadline - Try to accomplish the goal within the deadline
• Define - Understand the requirement and define, take a note for the responsibility
• Decision - Should be able to follow the best practices
• Doodle - Forget everything while away from coding
• Domain - Try to create following and followers, you exist in the environment

Edit, nuked my suggestion entirely as there were too many other better suggestions around.

Also, :'( technical skills almost doesn't make the top 5 chart, and your right :'(

According to me, I find that a good developer who:

• Has a good communication skills.
• Has an idea about the different technologies, frameworks and languages in the field where he works and able to learn new things.
• Is a motivated person and loves what he does.
• Has a good coding and algorithm resolving skills.
• Is a good team player and a mentor if the situation needs him to be.

A good developer needs

• Solid skills of their Art
• Be able to communicate
• Be a mentor
• Stay connected
• Passion.

• Empathy
• Communication skills
• Determination
• Passion (desire to do good work)
• Coding skills

According to me? that's hard.

I would say it heavily depends on the goal and the role you currently fill. There are some common things I like in other developers

• able to reason about her/his decisions (why, what, how)
• able to let the ego aside (team > me)
• able to communicate problems (to initialize change, not to complain)
• good logical thinking
• decent programming skills (it is training)

But I think I am currently biased, because of a work related problem. That's why I emphazise the communication skills.