Our valuable journey through ASP.NET Core Web API and Angular 2 development is coming to an end. The native web application we've been working on since Chapter 2, ASP.NET Controllers and Server-Side Routes, is now a potentially shippable product, ready to be published in a suitable environment for evaluation purposes.
However, in order to do that, we need to give our project some finishing touches.
Although localDB proved itself to be a great development choice, it's not a good idea to use it in production as well. That's why we'll replace it with SQL Server. As for the chosen edition, we can either go for Express, Web, Standard, or Enterprise depending on what we need and/or can afford.
For the sake of simplicity, we'll be using SQL Server 2016 Express Edition, which can be downloaded for free from the following Microsoft official URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/server-cloud/products/sql-server-editions/sql-server-express.aspx
Needless to say, we need to install it on a machine that is reachable from our web server via a Local Area Network (LAN).