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Hey. i'm using esp8266-01 and i downloaded the library from https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino when i add the library to arduino IDE version 1.6.13 it gives me the following error

Invalid library found in C:\Users\username\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Arduino-master

can anyone please help me in solving this or suggest an alternative library.

You better have to follow instructions how to install ESP Core into Arduino IDE instead of (stupidly) copy entire content into library folder because this is not a library but new processor core. Did you read the README.md? Actually this https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino#inst ... ds-manager part...

Pablo2048 wrote:You better have to follow instructions how to install ESP Core into Arduino IDE instead of (stupidly) copy entire content into library folder because this is not a library but new processor core. Did you read the README.md? Actually this https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino#inst ... ds-manager part...

I actually read it and followed the instructions in the file and i got this error. And you could've used a better language instead of calling people stupid MR.EXPERT

And as an answer to your second question (the one that follows in the next couple of days): do yourself, and everyone else, a favour and don't start with an ESP-01, but get yourself a development board, like an NodeMCU or WeMos, first.