By learning how to send SMS from NodeMCU, we can build interesting IoT projects, where we can easily monitor our sensors and also get device-critical SMS like battery low, device tampering alert, etc.
As per #78: if NodeMCU PyFlasher fails to start on your Windows machine please try https://frightanic.com/misc/NodeMCU-PyFlasher-with-ResetLocale.exe ...
(based on https://github.com/squix78/esp8266-fritzing-parts/tree/master/nodemcu-v1.0) ...