Comparison of Empty Versus Web API ASP.NET Web Application Templates (VS 2013)

April 11, 2015 —

Visual Studio
ASP.NET
Comparisons

A quick comparison of the complexity of Web API versus Empty templates in ASP.NET Web Application creation. Values were recorded through inspection of the projects and the project folders after a successful debug compile.

Empty template, Web API core references

NuGet Packages: 5
References: 22
Files: 61
Folders: 33
Size: 12.3 MB

Web API template, MVC and Web API core references

NuGetPackages: 34
References: 48
Files: 374
Folders: 157
Size: 62.3 MB