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The hardware is compatible with the standard Arduino IDE as a “Generic ESP8266 Module”, so you’ll have no problem using existing libraries and example code.

In the Arduino IDE, I set the board type to “Adafruit HUZZAH ESP8266” and the COM port to COM13, which is my USB to serial adapter board. Then, I uploaded the sketch, which also compiles the code.