Programming ESP8266 Thing with Visual Studio and vMicro Extension

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Is it possible to program the ESP8266 Thing using Visual Studio with the vMicro extension and the Arduino addon? Thanks!

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Yep…brief overview of the setup:

  1. Install Visual Studio
  2. Install the Visual Micro extension for Visual Studio
  3. Install the Arduino IDE, which includes necessary libraries and board definitions
  4. In Visual Studio, use the Visual Micro extension to configure the Arduino settings (including selecting the ESP8266 board)
  5. Install the ESP8266 board package through the Arduino Board Manager
  6. Select the appropriate board (ESP8266 Thing) and port within Visual Studio
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Thanks for the info. I guess I should have checked the board list first to see if the Thing was listed.