When this project was started little was know about the ESP8266 device but its potential was apparent. More recently, several tools to assist in development have been gaining in popularity, including, but are not limited to;

• LUA (an interpretor language approach)...
• The very popular and extremely well supported Arduino IDE (can now compile and upload directly to the ESP8266) ...
• And one or two standalone applications are also actively being developed...

I don't particularly like interpretive approach used by LUA and while it has some benefits, I much prefer the standard compile, upload and test approach. So, have opted to develop for the ESP8266 using the Arduino IDE...

I should mention that existing Arduino code and libraries can be used to code for the ESP and what can't currently be use will no doubt be updated...

This project is reliant on my other ESP projects, so don't expect too much movement until my test & development board is complete (or I find one I don't have to build myself)... Of course, as all projects are related, development on one benefits the others...