Right-click on the Controllers solution folder and click Add –> Controller to create a new Web API controller. Select the “Web API 2 Controller – Empty” when prompted for in the window ...

Select the Controllers solution folder in the Solution Explorer window and click “Add -> Controller…” to create a new controller named DefaultController.

Eric Vogel covers how to use the new Web API 2 routing attributes to create a Web service in Part 1 of this series.