We'll use the following tools in this chapter:
- Visual Studio 2019: We'll use this to edit our ASP.NET Core code. This can be downloaded and installed from https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/.
- .NET Core 3.0: This can be downloaded and installed from https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-core.
- SQL Server 2017 Express Edition: We'll use this for our database. This can be downloaded and installed from https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/sql-server/sql-server-editions-express.
- SQL Server Management Studio: We'll use this to create our database. This can be downloaded and installed from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssms/download-sql-server-management-studio-ssms?view=sql-server-2017.
- Q and A: We'll start with the Q and A backend project we created and finished in Chapter 2, Creating Decoupled React and ASP.NET Core Apps...
