Hey there,
I know that this section is dedicated to the Arduino board, but since there's no blog section for the ESP8266 I've decided to post it here.
A few weeks ago I've posted on my blog a tutorial where I built a web server with an ESP8266.
There's no need to use another microcontroller, all the work is done done by the ESP8266.
Here's the complete tutorial:http://randomnerdtutorials.com/esp8266-web-server
And below you can watch a video demonstration of this project
Thank you for reading,
-Rui
P.S. Click here to read the complete ESP8266 web server tutorial