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.

1. If you haven't already, install 7zip, a free archive utility that can be downloaded at: www.7zip.org. 2. Download the Arduino IDE. 3. Navigate to the folder where you downloaded the Arduino IDE ...

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 ...