title: Is SQL Server Express good enough for a developer, or should they get Developer edition?
body: <p>Just wondering if it's worth it for a developer to use SQL Server 2005/2008 Developer Edition instead of the bundled SQL Server Express edition that comes with Visual Studio.  I'm talking about for initial development of a website, where you need to create SQL scripts to generate the tables and things like that.  I know with Express it's easy to add an <code>.mdf</code> file to your project and program against that, but wouldn't it be better to install Developer edition and program against a "real" database that would mimic what you're going to be using in production?  That way if you're using VS Professional and can create a "database project" you can include all of your creation scripts and run them in production to recreate the environment.</p>