How to start a Web API project using .NET 5.0 and C#

In this article I will go through a step-by-step example demonstrating how to start a new Web API project using the .NET 5.0 open source framework and C#.

1. Required Software

The applications listed in this section are needed prior to starting this tutorial which will enable us to create the WebAPI project.

One can make the argument that the second application (Postman) is technically not a required app to be installed as there are many different ways to test your API calls…