## Next steps

* For information on using a persistent database, see:

  * [Create a Razor Pages web app with ASP.NET Core](xref:tutorials/index)
  * [Work with data in ASP.NET Core](xref:data/index)

* [ASP.NET Core Web API help pages using Swagger](xref:tutorials/web-api-help-pages-using-swagger)
* [Routing to controller actions](xref:mvc/controllers/routing)
* [Build web APIs with ASP.NET Core](xref:web-api/index)
* [Controller action return types](xref:web-api/action-return-types)
* For information about deploying an API, including to Azure App Service, see [Host and deploy](xref:host-and-deploy/index).
* [View or download sample code](https://github.com/aspnet/Docs/tree/master/aspnetcore/tutorials/first-web-api/samples). See [how to download](xref:tutorials/index#how-to-download-a-sample).