It was for me a challenge to have the toolchain setup and run the examples on a windows computer with only arduino-level knowledge. I created an instructable where I explain how I did it.
I collected a lot of info from this site. Have a look at it.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Blink-f ... ng-Window/
It is based on SDK version 0.9.5
And I use NODEMCU for uploading the blink file to the ESP8266
I love to hear you what you think about this.
Regards,
Jeroen