Getting Started With The Esplorer Ide; Installing Esplorer - Handson Technology ESP8266 WiFi Manual

5. Getting Started with the ESPlorer IDE

ESPlorer is an IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for ESP8266 devices. It's a multi platform IDE, can be
used in any OS environment, this simply means that it runs on Windows, Mac OS X or Linux.
Supported platforms:
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Windows(x86, x86-64)
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Linux(x86, x86-64, ARM soft & hard float)
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Solaris(x86, x86-64)
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Mac OS X(x86, x86-64, PPC, PPC64)
This software allows you to establish a serial communications with your ESP8266 module, send commands, and
upload code and much more.
Requirements:
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You need to have JAVA installed in your computer. If you don't have, go to this
website: http://java.com/download, download and install the latest version. It requires JAVA (SE version 7
and above) installed.
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In order to complete the sample project presented in this Guide you need to flash your ESP8266 with
NodeMCU firmware. Refer to chapter-4 in this guide on how to flash the NodeMCU firmware.
Main Resources:
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ESPlorer Homepage: http://esp8266.ru/esplorer/
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GitHub Repository: https://github.com/4refr0nt/ESPlorer

Installing ESPlorer

Now let's download the ESPlorer IDE, visit the following URL: http://esp8266.ru/esplorer/#download
Grab the folder that you just downloaded. It should be named "ESPlorer.zip" and unzip it. Inside that folder you
should see the following files:
Execute the "ESPlorer.jar" file and the ESPlorer IDE should open after a few seconds (the "ESPlorer.jar" file is what
you need to open every time you want to work with the ESPlorer IDE).
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