Finally, this has changed. After many months of coding, the Arduino IDE supports the ESP8266 module. The Arduino IDE support was announced on the ESP8266 community forum.

What’s Next? Turning Servos Given that the Arduino-ESP32 port is brand new, indeed it’s still in progress, there is a lot of work for the community to do in getting it up to speed.

It can be a scary prospect to go digging around your computer looking for specific files. Here's how to find Arduino libraries on Mac, PC, and Linux.