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. Finall… ...

The Arduino Compile Phase So we’ve got C/C++ code. Compiling it into an Arduino project is surprisingly straightforward, and it’s well-documented in the Arduino docs wiki.

Usually, I use the Serial Monitor of the Arduino IDE to communicate with the Arduino hardware. But now, I want to build an application on my computer that allows me to click some buttons to control ...