{"id":8,"date":"2025-01-31T06:04:06","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T06:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techkubo.com\/java\/?p=8"},"modified":"2025-06-07T20:45:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T20:45:30","slug":"java-introduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techkubo.com\/java\/java-introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Java Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Java?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Java is a robust, high-level, and versatile programming language created by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems in 1995. 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