I just started looking into MQTT protocol.
Situation
In my college project, currently, I use Arduino as main MCU and do every work in that and use Serial Comm. to send AT commands to esp8266 (for HTTP requests, to run scripts on server etc). I basically needed to push some data(from Arduino) on a webpage(hosted by a local server). I searched and found about MQTT protocol which enables to publish and subscribe data on clients(Exactly what I wanted). But most of the tutorials I am finding are either entirely on Arduino(with wifi shield) or entirely on esp8266.
What I want to know is that is there a possible way to use MQTT as with my current configuration? That is, using Arduino to do all the work and by using its serial comm. Publishing data just by AT commands on MQTT.
Additional Information about my project is mentioned here : Confused about which technology to use in Smart Home System