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- Sun Jul 17, 2016 2:12 am #50889 you can use arduino ide to run at commands, you can use the serial monitor to send and receive at commands to esp (provided you have at firmware on your esp). open serial terminal, make sure your com port matches your esp and the bautrate- either 9600 baut, or 115200 depending on the firmware you have. set it to "both NL & serial"

However in my newbie experience, the arduino firmware (which is different from at commands and nodemcu) has a lot of examples you can start with.