From a controller POV they are very similar.
For MVC you subclass the System.Web.Mvc.Controller.
For WebApi it's System.Web.Http.ApiController

But, although they are similar don't confuse the two.

>If I understand Craig correctly and a little bit of MVC is that WebApi uses the concept of 'routing'; so does MVC. Or maybe I should not even be commenting here :)
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>>Sorry, I think that's a bit misleading. MVC is (as it's name implies :-} ) essentially a server based implementation of Model/View/Controller whereas WebApi is just about fielding HTTP requests for data.
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>>>Correct. WebAPI is "MVC like". It's not exactly the same, but similar.
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>>>This may be more introductory https://mva.microsoft.com/en-us/training-courses/web-api-design-jump-start-8689?l=BMxSvaH1_3804984382
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>>>>Thank you. The reason I asked is I want to be sure that I am going through the right course in Pluralsight to learn how to do it. For example there is a course "Introduction to the API.NET Web API" which has not "MVC" in the title. So I am wondering .... I just wish they had a very basic one but most of them are for the intermediate level.