To use ESP8266 with Arduino, select the Board: "Arduino/Genuino Uno" and change it to "NodeMCU 1.0 (ESP-12E Module)" or other ESP8266 modules based on your hardware.

Despite a wealth of tutorials for setting up and writing code for the ESP8266 WiFi module, there has not been much of anything on programming this cheap wireless module with the Arduino IDE ...

Integrating an ESP8266 - based Device with the Bosch IoT Suite using Vorto This tutorial explains how to generate an Arduino sketch for a given Vorto Information Model and send the device data to the ...

With all of that boring stuff out of the way, I'm sure you're keen to sink your teeth into this hardware/software combo. The IDE makes things simple with a series of examples in an easy-access menu.