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By jmorrison
#62285 I got my esp12f online and working with some very simple web code in Arduino. I can web into it from my phone and turn off/on the built in LED.

I'd like to build a more sophisticated app on the esp and maybe an Android app to go with it, maybe something like App Inventor.

I saw esp-link which looks neat: it has a web server that can serve files out of flash filesystem, it supports OTA upgrading, and it boots as an AP so you can configure and save the WiFi settings to join your network.
However the esp-link docs say that it is not a platform for stand-alone applications. I'm going to load esp-link because it looks pretty useful on its own.

I just started reading about Sming but haven't tried it yet.

Should I be looking at the ESP SDK? If so which one?

I'm not really looking to re-invent the wheel here. I need a platform that can handle the basic WiFi settings and upgrades, serve pages from flash filesystem and let a browser/web app interact with the ESP.