Recommended · for beginners
5$ Arduino WiFi Module!? ESP8266 mini Tutorial/Review
Why people recommend it
A five minute introduction to the bare ESP8266 module, covering how to power and wire it up, recommended as essential before a first ESP-01 project.
Watch for: The resistor divider shown for power drew questions
In their words
If you're working with an ESP8266-01 (this is the "naked" esp8266) you must read this tutorials: GreatScott vid on youtube, and for the connections: a good Hackster.io tutorial.
k.Cyborg on arduino.stackexchange.com, Aug 2018. CC BY-SA.