Despite a wealth of tutorials for setting up and writing code for the ESP8266 WiFi module, there has not been much of anything on programming this cheap wireless module with the Arduino IDE.

A point to note is that while Arduino libraries can be found within the IDE installation folder ... such as AVR or ESP8266. The standard Arduino libraries (common for beginner Arduino projects ...

Both Arduino ... IDE-shaped app that does MicroPython editing and uploads code to your board from a friendly environment. It works over a serial port, and as such, the venerable ESP8266-based ...