ESP8266, nodeMCU and lua

[Faraz Sayed]

I saw this video and thought it might be of interest to those playing with the esp wifi modules

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVbnnEMDSvU

it uploads a firmware onto the board that accepts commands in lua. With the software you can save a small file (init.lua) to the board so it can boot up and produce a webpage in which you can toggle a value. That value can alter the GPIO pins (turning on an led or something).