We encourage contributors to provide graphics wherever and whenever possible. The author states an application or development problem, describes and then critiques the solution, defining trade-offs and offering alternatives. Today, with the technology in its adolescence, elegant solutions are not necessarily the norm. There is not always only one solution to a problem and the best technical solution may be overshadowed by a nontechnical consideration and can not always be implemented. Each issue features in-depth discussions of topics of widespread interest, central to object orientation.
Articles are shorter than features but are of no less significance or importance.
Article suggestions are outlined below. A series is a collection of articles offering the author an opportunity to address a topic in great depth. The series may run for from two to eight installments and may begin with a feature. The series should be clearly partitioned into subtopics. Columns are designed to provide an ongoing discussion of a topic area, offering the columnist an opportunity to cover a topic in great breadth over an extended period of time, and to track changes and trends in the topic area as the technology matures.