# Tutorials

These tutorials walk you through common extension tasks in Umbraco, from creating your first backoffice extension to building custom APIs and dashboards.

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Creating a Backoffice API</strong></td><td>Build a custom API in the Umbraco Management API with custom endpoints, versioning, and Swagger documentation.</td><td><a href="/pages/8OD9YTI7usSwdTzXWbI3">/pages/8OD9YTI7usSwdTzXWbI3</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Creating a Custom Dashboard</strong></td><td>Build a custom dashboard for the Umbraco backoffice with functionality, localization, and UI Library components.</td><td><a href="/pages/iSSitBbJoYPlY35lByeu">/pages/iSSitBbJoYPlY35lByeu</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Creating a Property Editor</strong></td><td>Build a custom property editor with configuration, server-side validation, and context integration.</td><td><a href="/pages/pGd05aNdDVC2vFCSaUGx">/pages/pGd05aNdDVC2vFCSaUGx</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

## Additional Tutorials

* [Creating Your First Extension](/umbraco-cms/18.latest/extend-your-project/tutorials/creating-your-first-extension.md)
* [Creating Custom Views for Blocklist](/umbraco-cms/18.latest/extend-your-project/tutorials/creating-custom-views-for-blocklist.md)
* [Extending the Help Menu](/umbraco-cms/18.latest/extend-your-project/tutorials/extending-the-help-menu.md)
* [Getting Started with Entity Framework Core](/umbraco-cms/18.latest/extend-your-project/tutorials/getting-started-with-entity-framework-core.md)
* [Connecting Umbraco Forms and Zapier](/umbraco-cms/18.latest/extend-your-project/tutorials/connecting-umbraco-forms-and-zapier.md)


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