Esp8266 wemos mini d1 trying to build the tiny word clock by espruino

Issue I am having is I would like the esp8266 board to connect to the 8x8 led matrix via the module max7219 ??

Any help or pointers to tutorials that will help end goal much appreciated.

Thanks I am very much a noob at this and thought I throw myself in the deep end with lockdown as Normally build drones.