Install and connect to SQL Server, configure the server name and Windows authentication, then create a new database named App and prepare an empty testing database for upcoming tables.

Install Entity Framework Core and EF Design Tools through the package manager to prepare database connectivity for the ASP.NET Core API.

Create and apply an Entity Framework Core migration to mirror your todo list schema, then update the database and verify id, title, and completed columns in SQL Server.

Create an ASP.NET Core todos controller with CRUD actions using a private readonly to do context and entity framework to manage todos after migrations.

Build an async get-todo endpoint with entity framework core, query the context for a to-do, handle not found, and return the result.

Update a todo item with Entity Framework Core using an async put, handle bad requests, mark the entity as modified, manage concurrency exceptions, and verify existence with a private method.

Create a new React app with create-react-app, install dependencies, and integrate a ui framework featuring buttons, pagination, date pickers, forms, and inputs, then run in Visual Studio.

Learn to set up a React project structure by creating services and components folders, adding a to-do service file, and building to-do form, item, list, and tab components.

Finish wiring the on finish handler, apply a horizontal layout with a twenty gutter, and create a responsive two-column grid with a primary submit button labeled add todo.