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 ...

The Adafruit Huzzah ESP8266 dev board On the software side, the easiest way to get into the ESP8266 is to use the Arduino compatible mode.

This board is a complete Internet radio based on ESP8266 Module and the Arduino. The board has a stereo earphone jack plus two speaker connectors and a on-board 2.5w HiFi amplifier.