--- title: Developing Windows Azure Mobile Services server-side description: A walkthrough shows how to build server-side logic for Windows Azure Mobile Services using WebStorm instead of the limited in-browser editor. Using a JetBrains... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/developing-windows-azure-mobile-services-server-side-9tyaefkkf twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Developing Windows Azure Mobile Services server-side | daily.dev og:description: A walkthrough shows how to build server-side logic for Windows Azure Mobile Services using WebStorm instead of the limited in-browser editor. Using a JetBrains... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/developing-windows-azure-mobile-services-server-side-9tyaefkkf og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/9TyAefKkF.png og:image:alt: Developing Windows Azure Mobile Services server-side og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Developing Windows Azure Mobile Services server-side **[Maarten Balliauw](https://daily.dev/sources/maartenballiauw)** · 12 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A walkthrough shows how to build server-side logic for Windows Azure Mobile Services using WebStorm instead of the limited in-browser editor. Using a JetBrains conference raffle app as an example, it covers setting up a mobile service, creating a dynamic-schema table, adding custom insert logic to timestamp records, sending thank-you emails via the SendGrid NPM module, testing the API with WebStorm's REST client, and unit testing server-side scripts with Nodeunit. Git-based access lets developers edit, autocomplete, and push server-side code outside the basic portal editor. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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