Downloading and installing the new Arduino IDE for ESP8266

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By CFOST
#58435 I was having this problem. I went back through the Adafruit tutorial and got it working.

In order to load any program you must first hold the GPIO button on the ESP8266. The red LED should stay on while the button is held. WHILE holding the GPIO button press the RESET button on the ESP8266. Release the RESET button first and then release the GPIO button. The red LED should be glowing at half brightness. You can now upload to the ESP8266 through the Arduino IDE.

Hope it helps!