Preface

The Internet of Things (IoT) is an exciting field that proposes to have all the devices that surround us connected to the Internet and interacting with us, but also between each other. It's estimated that there will be 50 billion IoT devices in the world by the year 2020.

On the other hand, the ESP8266 chip is a small, cheap (less than $5), and powerful Wi-Fi chip that is also really easy to program. Therefore, it is just the perfect tool to build inexpensive and nice IoT projects. In this book, you are going to learn everything you need to know on how to build IoT projects using the ESP8266 Wi-Fi chip.

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 ...

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