In the “Create New ASP.NET Core Web Application” window, select .NET Core as the runtime and ASP.NET Core 3.1 (or later) from the drop-down list at the top. I’ll be using ASP.NET Core 3.1 here.

Knowing the architecture for ASP.NET Core 2.1 Web API solutions may help broaden your understanding. The solution and all code from this article’s examples can be found in my GitHub repository.

Click Create. In the “Create New ASP.Net Core Web Application” window shown next, select .NET Core as the runtime and ASP.NET Core 2.2 (or later) from the drop-down list at the top.