Setting up toolchain for ESP8266

[hek]

"When the ESP8266 was first announced to the world, we were shocked that someone was able to make a cheap, accessible UART to WiFi bridge. Until we get some spectrum opened up and better hardware, this is the part you need to build an Internet of Things thing...."

http://hackaday.com/2014/12/08/compiling-your-own-programs-for-the-esp8266/

[meanpenugin]

At the bottom of the linked article it says...

Edit: [CNLohr] points out there’s a more preferred toolchain that most people have switched to.
https://github.com/esp8266/esp8266-wiki/wiki/Toolchain