Issues getting Arduino program to run on ESP01s (ESP8266) - arduino-uno

Question

I am trying to create a server with a simple webpage using the ESP01s module. My pin connections are as follows:
ESP TX to Arduino Uno Tx pin
ESP RX to Arduino Uno Rx pin
ESP VCC to Uno 3.3V pin
ESP GND to Uno GND
ESP EN to Uno 3.3V through 10K resistor
I am using the Arduino IDE and serial to USB cable, when I run a blank program I can send AT commands to the ESP module with no issues.
However when I try to run a script to build and deploy the simple webpage, I either get one of two messages in the IDE serial monitor or nothing:
Unreadable characters - jibberish
Boot instructions
load 0x40100000, len 27728, room 16
tail 0
chksum 0x2a
load 0x3ffe8000, len 2124, room 8
tail 4
chksum 0x07
load 0x3ffe8850, len 9276, room 4
tail 8
chksum 0xba
csum 0xba
No output to serial monitor even though code uploads
This is my code:
#include <SoftwareSerial.h>
SoftwareSerial esp8266(0,1); // rx, tx;
#define serialCommunicationSpeed 115200
#define DEBUG true
void setup()
{
Serial.begin(serialCommunicationSpeed);
esp8266.begin(serialCommunicationSpeed);
InitWifiModule();
}
void loop() {
if (esp8266.available()) {
if (esp8266.find("+IPD,")) {
delay(1000);
int connectionId = esp8266.read() - 48;
String webpage = "<h1>Capstone Group 45: SolarFi</h1>";
String cipSend = "AT+CIPSEND=";
cipSend += connectionId;
cipSend += ",";
cipSend += webpage.length();
cipSend += "\r\n";
sendData(cipSend, 1000, DEBUG);
sendData(webpage, 1000, DEBUG);
String closeCommand = "AT+CIPCLOSE=";
closeCommand += connectionId; // append connection id
closeCommand += "\r\n";
sendData(closeCommand, 3000, DEBUG);
}
}
}
String sendData(String command, const int timeout, boolean debug) {
String response = "";
esp8266.print(command);
long int time = millis();
while ((time + timeout) > millis()) {
while (esp8266.available()) {
char c = esp8266.read();
response += c;
}
}
if (debug) {
Serial.print(response);
}
return response;
}
void InitWifiModule() {
sendData("AT+RST\r\n", 2000, DEBUG);
sendData("AT+CWJAP=\"USERNAME\",\"PASSWORD\"\r\n", 2000, DEBUG);
delay(3000);
sendData("AT+CWMODE=1\r\n", 1500, DEBUG);
delay(1500);
sendData("AT+CIFSR\r\n", 1500, DEBUG);
delay(1500);
sendData("AT+CIPMUX=1\r\n", 1500, DEBUG);
delay(1500);
sendData("AT+CIPSERVER=1,80\r\n", 1500, DEBUG);
}