You do need to set up the Arduino IDE to build for the ESP8266. That can vary by board, but here’s the instructions for the board I was using (from Adafruit; see below). Depending on the type ...

Getting it installed is as easy as adding the URL to the Arduino IDE’s Boards Manager interface ... Just like the ESP8266’s popularity exploded when it was added to the Arduino IDE, we ...

Arduino libraries, like libraries for other programming languages, help easily extend the range of functions available to ...