title: What's the best SQL Server setup for a development environment?
body: <p>We are a small team using Visual Studio 2008 for development and SQL Server 2008 Standard in the production servers. We are seting up a new development lab and I am wondering about SQL Server versions/editions and configuration.</p>
  
  <p>Visual Studio 2008 comes with a development license of SQL Server 2005, but since we are only targetting SQL Server 2008 for production, I don't think we should install SQL Server 2005 on the development workstations, right? Would you suggest skipping the bundled SQL Server 2005 and going for, perhaps, SQL Server 2008 Developer? Or maybe SQL Server 2008 Express?</p>
  
  <p>Or would you recommend not installing SQL Server on the development workstations at all, and doing all the development against a development server?</p>
  
  <p>Your views are appreciated. Thanks!</p>