In the course of building this i used the following software.

Ki Cad - http://kicad-pcb.org/ - Open source circuit design software - GNU General Public License v3
Arduino - https://www.arduino.cc/ - IDE for arduino - GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2
Esp for arduino - https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino - port of arduino tools for esp8266 - GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2
tzapu/WiFiManager - https://github.com/tzapu/WiFiManager - to manage wifi connections on the esp8266 - The MIT License

Visual  C# was used for the test server software because of familiarity, will not be used for the final server.