ESP8266 Community Forum

- Sat Oct 28, 2017 2:38 pm #71320 Hello All,
i am new to esp8266 but i want to learn it using at commands first and then using lua script. Can anybody guide me where to start first and how. I don't want to use arduino IDE as it doesn't give understanding of internal hardware.

please help me

- Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:44 pm #71397 I suggest you start with https://nodemcu.readthedocs.io/en/latest/en/ and then head over to part 1 of a 13 part series on ESP8266 and NodeMCU by Jason Follas (he contributed to NodeMCU): https://blog.falafel.com/why-is-iot-so- ... ave-to-be/

Even though this blog series is nearly two years old I still like it a lot because Jason very clearly explains how things work. Watch out, some of the NodeMCU APIs may have changed since then. Always verify with the API documentation on the latest syntax.

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- Wed Nov 01, 2017 3:55 am #71433 I agree with Phil. If you are planning to use AT commands and/or Lua, then are are implying that you DON'T want to learn about the esp8266 at all (e.g. AT commands are treating the device similarly to a modem).
Learning about the esp8266 requires that you write software for it. If you don't 'like' C/C++ then why not try Python (I.e. MicroPython), though I would strongly suggest that C++ will give you the biggest return on the device's capabilities in the long run, but then again maybe you have only limited time to learn.