DevHeads IoT Integration Server•13mo ago

Is it the right community to newbie like me to learn esp8266 and iot stuff?

Hi everyone,

im new here... Is it the right community to newbie like me to learn esp8266 and iot stuff?

melta101APP•12/25/24, 1:42 PM

Yes!

JekVAPP•12/25/24, 1:42 PM

Alright thx

ZacckOsiemoAPP•12/25/24, 1:43 PM

let us know when you are stuck and how

JekVAPP•12/25/24, 1:43 PM

Which one you guys use, Arduino ide or Arduino cli ? I want to hear your opinion

ZacckOsiemoAPP•12/25/24, 1:43 PM

I dont even use Arduino, everything I have tried anything on that platform it didnt work and I cried

ZacckOsiemoAPP•12/25/24, 1:43 PM

But we have some very good people at arduino you would be amazed at what @JeremyCook does!

JeremyCookAPP•12/25/24, 1:43 PM

Well that is nice of you to say @ZacckOsiemo

As for me, I use the Arduino IDE and rarely use the CLI. Seems like you have to use the CLI sometimes for various tasks, and I THINK if you're rather advanced in certain programming/command line procedures it can work out well, but that's not really me.

Getting started I would install the Arduino IDE, then there will likely be requirements for installing an ESP8266 board package. There should (hopefully) be some documentation associated with the board that you have that walks you through this procedure. Good chance you'll have to go into settings and input an additional board manager URL as seen at the bottom of this screencap (example URL, may be different for you).

undefined.elfAPP•12/25/24, 1:44 PM

Better to start with arduino

undefined.elfAPP•12/25/24, 1:44 PM

and After that if it is only esp mcu then you can try esp-idf

JekVAPP•12/25/24, 1:44 PM

Alright, but isn't esp just the same but have a wifi?

undefined.elfAPP•12/25/24, 1:44 PM

same in which perspective?

JekVAPP•12/25/24, 1:44 PM

Ok thanks for the input, I should go back to arduino ide because I'm having a lot of problems in cli. I watched youtube and many youtubers said to use cli