Installation:
1 The Arduino 1.6.7 can be downloaded here. After the zip file has been extracted, go to File -> Preferences and paste
http://arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266com_index.json in theAdditional Boards Manager URLs input. Click OK and go to Tools -> Board -> Board Manager... and search for ESP8266. The should be a esp8266 by ESP8266 Community package. I have installed the version 2.1.0 of that package.
The supported boards for this version are: Generic ESP8266 Module, Olimex MOD-WIFI-ESP8266(-DEV), NodeMCU 0.9 (ESP-12 Module), NodeMCU 1.0 (ESP-12E Module), Adafruit HUZZAH ESP8266 (ESP-12), ESPresso Lite 1.0, ESPresso Lite 2.0, SparkFun Thing, SweetPea ESP-210, WeMos D1, WeMos D1 mini, ESPino (ESP-12 Module), ESPino (WROOM-02 Module), WifInfo and ESPDuino.
2 Now you can select the board from Tools -> Board -> Sparkfun ESP8266 Thing. The other settings can be seen in the screenshot below:
3 Now you can write your ESP8266 code and upload it. Upload complete on ESP8266 board messages:
Notes:
1. In order for this to function, you will have to flash ESP8266 with Arduino support firmware.
2. The software already contains several ESP8266 libraries, like: ESP8266WebServer, ESP8266 Multicast DNS and ESP8266WiFi.
References: esp8266.github.io, www.whatimade.today
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