1.  Open a terminal prompt window and navigate to folder Documents/WebApi.

2.  Type the command 'dotnet new webapi' to create an empty web api solution.

3.  Type the command 'code' to open the Visual Studio Code editor in this
    folder.
    
4.  Close any open folders, then open the folder Documents/WebApi. To do this,
    Use the File | Close Folder menu selection, then File | Open folder ...

5.  If a warning message appears saying that required assets are missing,
    click the Yes button to have them added.

6.  Explore the Program.cs and Startup.cs files to see the server launch
    code for the wep api application.

7.  Expand the Controllers folder, and open the ValuesController.cs file
    to see an example of a simple web api implementation.
