The Arduino IDE support was announced on the ESP8266 community forum. Setup is fairly simple with downloads for Linux, OS X, and Windows. This isn’t an ESP8266 shield, either: you can write code ...

Plug the board into your computer using the USB Type-A to USB Type-B cable, then open Arduino IDE. Now, everything’s set up, so click the right-facing arrow near the top-left corner of the ...

there are a few legitimate complaints you can fairly level at the stock setup. To address at least some of those concerns, Arduino is rolling out the Arduino Pro IDE and while it doesn’t ...