{"id":136672,"date":"2024-09-26T14:41:12","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T09:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/?page_id=136672"},"modified":"2024-09-26T14:41:12","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T09:11:12","slug":"classes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/classes\/","title":{"rendered":"Classes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Classes<strong> <\/strong>are the fundamental building blocks of object-oriented programming in Carbon. They serve as blueprints for creating objects, which represent real-world entities or concepts. 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