Wiring the analog LED Strip is not so difficult compare to addressable LED Strip. To control an analog LED Strip using popular Microcontroller like Arduino you need to add a power transistor to the circuit if you are new to
LUA Programming Using ESPlorer IDE Tutorial Guide
To upload a code to ESP8266, you should connect your ESP8266 to your FTDI USB Programmer: as the image illustration below. Coding Your fist LUA Script a blinking an LED
Burning your code into the chip ESP8266 +