What this book covers

Chapter 1, Getting Started with the ESP8266, will teach all you need to know about how to choose your ESP8266 board and upload your first sketch to the chip.

Chapter 2, First Projects with the ESP8266, will explain the basics of the ESP8266 by making some real simple projects.

Chapter 3, Cloud Data Logging with the ESP8266, will dive right into the core of the topic of the book, and build a project that can log measurement data on the cloud.

Chapter 4, Control Devices from Anywhere, will reveal how to control devices from anywhere in the world using the ESP8266.

Chapter 5, Interacting With Web Services, will show how to use the ESP8266 to interact with existing web platforms such as Twitter.

Chapter 6, Machine-to-Machine Communications, will explain how to make ESP8266 chips talk to each other via the cloud, to build applications that don't require human intervention.

Chapter 7, Sending Notifications from the ESP8266, will show how to send automated notifications from the ESP8266, for example, via text message or email.

Chapter 8, Controlling a Door Lock from the Cloud, will use what we learned so far in the book to build our first application: a door lock that can be controlled remotely.

Chapter 9, Building a Physical Bitcoin Ticker, will use the ESP8266 for a fun project: making a physical display of the current price of Bitcoin.

Chapter 10, Wireless Gardening with the ESP8266, will dive into a more complex, by learning how to automate your garden with the ESP8266.

Chapter 11, Cloud-Based Home Automation System, will show how to build the essential blocks of an home automation system using the ESP8266.

Chapter 12, Cloud-Controlled ESP8266 Robot, will explain how to use the ESP8266 to control a mobile robot from anywhere in the world.

Chapter 13, Building Your Own Cloud Platform to Control ESP8266 Devices, will reveal how to build our own cloud platform for your ESP8266 projects.