Anyone thinking of starting out with the ESP8266 and the NodeMCU might be interested in this introductory article:
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1073160/Programming-the-ESP-NodeMCU-with-the-Arduino-IDE
Programming the ESP8266 (NodeMCU) with the Arduino IDE
Submitted by Robert Wall on Fri, 22/01/2016 - 13:02Anyone thinking of starting out with the ESP8266 and the NodeMCU might be interested in this introductory article:
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1073160/Programming-the-ESP-NodeMCU-with-the-Arduino-IDE