I fired up VS 2017 community edition and created a new web project. Note that you get to choose which template you want to target. I have selected ASP.NET Core Web Application. Create a new project called Puhoi, which is a small town in New Zealand, which makes some diary products. I aim to create a controller for some of their products. It's good to create an example that is tangible and is a real work example. I tend to stay away from something like a book's controller or product's controller.
After creating the project, you will be prompted with a template to choose; select the template highlighted in the following screenshot by selecting ASP.NET Core 2.0:
I have created a new Controller, which gets saved in the Controllers folder:
Also, note the route for the controller; it does not contain the name of the controller:
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