I've watched the following video to get started. while it was useful I wasn't able to execute a basic sketch. (STEP BY STEP GUIDE FOR ESP8266 ESP-12E USING ARDUINO 1.6.7)
So my question is what checks do i need to do on ESP-12E h/w before I can start using it with ARDUINO 1.6.7. Should it have a NodeMCU firmware or Espressif or something else?
Thanks in advance