ide vs gcc
Posted: Mon May 22, 2017 11:46 pmEsp8266 noob here.
I'm from the AVR world. With the AVR, I did not like IDEs and used gcc and makefiles. The only downside was that there wasn't as many readily available software libraries. There were enough that I could make-do.
For the esp82666 the first thing I did was to research whether you can use gcc. It's not the clearest, but if I've got it right, the search for esp8266 and gcc lead me to the topic of "toolchain???".
Can you comment on.. if I go this toolchain route, will I find it next to impossible to get ready made libraries or code examples?
For example, i did a google search for a common peripheral (ds18b20) + esp8266. So, far all the examples I see are using the Arduino IDE. Please don't get focused on the ds18b20, it's just an example. I'm hoping it is easy to find code libraries/examples for lcd displays, onewire, i2c, spi, etc, etc.
Thanks
I'm from the AVR world. With the AVR, I did not like IDEs and used gcc and makefiles. The only downside was that there wasn't as many readily available software libraries. There were enough that I could make-do.
For the esp82666 the first thing I did was to research whether you can use gcc. It's not the clearest, but if I've got it right, the search for esp8266 and gcc lead me to the topic of "toolchain???".
Can you comment on.. if I go this toolchain route, will I find it next to impossible to get ready made libraries or code examples?
For example, i did a google search for a common peripheral (ds18b20) + esp8266. So, far all the examples I see are using the Arduino IDE. Please don't get focused on the ds18b20, it's just an example. I'm hoping it is easy to find code libraries/examples for lcd displays, onewire, i2c, spi, etc, etc.
Thanks