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setup arduino IDE for ESP8266
- download the latest Arduino IDE and unpack it.
- create a subdirectory called
portable
- start your arduino IDE and go to
File→preferences
and add this to Additional Boards Manger URLs:http://arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266com_index.json
- select OK and go to
Tools-Boards…-Boards Manager…
and enterESP
into the search. now install theesp8266
module and close that window.