ASP.NET Web API

Don't use ASP.NET MVC 4 Web API project template, it has all kinds of non-web service crap in it.

Use "ASP.NET Web Application" under Web, select "Empty" project and check the Web API checkbox. It will register a default route template and if you create a new controller you'll have a working service.

Entity Framework DbContext and UoW

ASP.NET.com UoW example

 

Using Web API 2 with Entity Framework 6

 

Got above link from here (getting started w/ EF)

 

Survey of Entity Framework Unit of Work Patterns

 

Good article.

Makes some helpful comparisons with NHibernate.