diff --git a/.eslintrc.json b/.eslintrc.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..24e8c1a8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.eslintrc.json
@@ -0,0 +1,273 @@
+{
+    "env": {
+        "browser": true,
+        "es6": true,
+        "node": true
+    },
+    "extends": "eslint:recommended",
+    "parserOptions": {
+        "sourceType": "module"
+    },
+    "rules": {
+        "accessor-pairs": "error",
+        "array-bracket-newline": "error",
+        "array-bracket-spacing": [
+            "error",
+            "never"
+        ],
+        "array-callback-return": "off",
+        "array-element-newline": "off",
+        "arrow-body-style": "error",
+        "arrow-parens": "off",
+        "arrow-spacing": [
+            "error",
+            {
+                "after": true,
+                "before": true
+            }
+        ],
+        "block-scoped-var": "error",
+        "block-spacing": "error",
+        "brace-style": "off",
+        "callback-return": "off",
+        "camelcase": "off",
+        "capitalized-comments": "off",
+        "class-methods-use-this": "off",
+        "comma-dangle": "error",
+        "comma-spacing": "off",
+        "comma-style": [
+            "error",
+            "last"
+        ],
+        "complexity": "error",
+        "computed-property-spacing": [
+            "error",
+            "never"
+        ],
+        "consistent-return": "off",
+        "consistent-this": "off",
+        "curly": "off",
+        "default-case": "error",
+        "dot-location": [
+            "error",
+            "property"
+        ],
+        "dot-notation": "off",
+        "eol-last": "error",
+        "eqeqeq": "off",
+        "for-direction": "error",
+        "func-call-spacing": "error",
+        "func-name-matching": "error",
+        "func-names": "off",
+        "func-style": "off",
+        "function-paren-newline": "off",
+        "generator-star-spacing": "error",
+        "getter-return": "error",
+        "global-require": "off",
+        "guard-for-in": "off",
+        "handle-callback-err": "off",
+        "id-blacklist": "error",
+        "id-length": "off",
+        "id-match": "error",
+        "indent": "off",
+        "indent-legacy": "off",
+        "init-declarations": "off",
+        "jsx-quotes": "error",
+        "key-spacing": "off",
+        "keyword-spacing": "off",
+        "line-comment-position": "off",
+        "linebreak-style": [
+            "error",
+            "unix"
+        ],
+        "lines-around-comment": "error",
+        "lines-around-directive": "error",
+        "max-depth": "error",
+        "max-len": "off",
+        "max-lines": "off",
+        "max-nested-callbacks": "error",
+        "max-params": "off",
+        "max-statements": "off",
+        "max-statements-per-line": "error",
+        "multiline-ternary": [
+            "error",
+            "never"
+        ],
+        "new-parens": "off",
+        "newline-after-var": "off",
+        "newline-before-return": "off",
+        "newline-per-chained-call": "off",
+        "no-alert": "error",
+        "no-array-constructor": "error",
+        "no-await-in-loop": "error",
+        "no-bitwise": "error",
+        "no-buffer-constructor": "error",
+        "no-caller": "error",
+        "no-catch-shadow": "error",
+        "no-confusing-arrow": "error",
+        "no-console": "off",
+        "no-continue": "off",
+        "no-div-regex": "error",
+        "no-duplicate-imports": "error",
+        "no-else-return": "off",
+        "no-empty-function": "off",
+        "no-eq-null": "error",
+        "no-eval": "off",
+        "no-extend-native": "error",
+        "no-extra-bind": "error",
+        "no-extra-label": "error",
+        "no-extra-parens": "off",
+        "no-floating-decimal": "error",
+        "no-implicit-coercion": "error",
+        "no-implicit-globals": "error",
+        "no-implied-eval": "error",
+        "no-inline-comments": "off",
+        "no-inner-declarations": [
+            "error",
+            "functions"
+        ],
+        "no-invalid-this": "off",
+        "no-iterator": "error",
+        "no-label-var": "error",
+        "no-labels": "error",
+        "no-lone-blocks": "error",
+        "no-lonely-if": "off",
+        "no-loop-func": "error",
+        "no-magic-numbers": "off",
+        "no-mixed-operators": "error",
+        "no-mixed-requires": "error",
+        "no-multi-assign": "error",
+        "no-multi-spaces": "off",
+        "no-multi-str": "error",
+        "no-multiple-empty-lines": "error",
+        "no-native-reassign": "error",
+        "no-negated-condition": "off",
+        "no-negated-in-lhs": "error",
+        "no-nested-ternary": "error",
+        "no-new": "error",
+        "no-new-func": "error",
+        "no-new-object": "error",
+        "no-new-require": "error",
+        "no-new-wrappers": "error",
+        "no-octal-escape": "error",
+        "no-param-reassign": "off",
+        "no-path-concat": "error",
+        "no-plusplus": "off",
+        "no-process-env": "off",
+        "no-process-exit": "off",
+        "no-proto": "error",
+        "no-prototype-builtins": "off",
+        "no-restricted-globals": "error",
+        "no-restricted-imports": "error",
+        "no-restricted-modules": "error",
+        "no-restricted-properties": "error",
+        "no-restricted-syntax": "error",
+        "no-return-assign": "error",
+        "no-return-await": "error",
+        "no-script-url": "error",
+        "no-self-compare": "error",
+        "no-sequences": "error",
+        "no-shadow": "off",
+        "no-shadow-restricted-names": "error",
+        "no-spaced-func": "error",
+        "no-sync": "off",
+        "no-tabs": "error",
+        "no-template-curly-in-string": "error",
+        "no-ternary": "off",
+        "no-throw-literal": "error",
+        "no-trailing-spaces": "off",
+        "no-undef-init": "error",
+        "no-undefined": "off",
+        "no-underscore-dangle": "off",
+        "no-unmodified-loop-condition": "error",
+        "no-unneeded-ternary": "error",
+        "no-unused-expressions": "error",
+        "no-unused-vars": ["error", { "argsIgnorePattern": "^_" }],
+        "no-use-before-define": "off",
+        "no-useless-call": "off",
+        "no-useless-computed-key": "error",
+        "no-useless-concat": "error",
+        "no-useless-constructor": "error",
+        "no-useless-rename": "error",
+        "no-useless-return": "off",
+        "no-var": "off",
+        "no-void": "error",
+        "no-warning-comments": "off",
+        "no-whitespace-before-property": "error",
+        "no-with": "error",
+        "nonblock-statement-body-position": "error",
+        "object-curly-newline": "off",
+        "object-curly-spacing": [
+            "error",
+            "never"
+        ],
+        "object-property-newline": "off",
+        "object-shorthand": "off",
+        "one-var": "off",
+        "one-var-declaration-per-line": "off",
+        "operator-assignment": "off",
+        "operator-linebreak": "error",
+        "padded-blocks": "off",
+        "padding-line-between-statements": "error",
+        "prefer-arrow-callback": "off",
+        "prefer-const": "off",
+        "prefer-destructuring": "off",
+        "prefer-numeric-literals": "error",
+        "prefer-promise-reject-errors": "error",
+        "prefer-reflect": "off",
+        "prefer-rest-params": "off",
+        "prefer-spread": "off",
+        "prefer-template": "off",
+        "quote-props": "off",
+        "quotes": "off",
+        "radix": "error",
+        "require-await": "error",
+        "require-jsdoc": "off",
+        "rest-spread-spacing": "error",
+        "semi": "error",
+        "semi-spacing": [
+            "error",
+            {
+                "after": true,
+                "before": false
+            }
+        ],
+        "semi-style": [
+            "error",
+            "last"
+        ],
+        "sort-imports": "error",
+        "sort-keys": "off",
+        "sort-vars": "off",
+        "space-before-blocks": "off",
+        "space-before-function-paren": "off",
+        "space-in-parens": [
+            "error",
+            "never"
+        ],
+        "space-infix-ops": "off",
+        "space-unary-ops": "error",
+        "spaced-comment": "off",
+        "strict": "error",
+        "switch-colon-spacing": "error",
+        "symbol-description": "error",
+        "template-curly-spacing": [
+            "error",
+            "never"
+        ],
+        "template-tag-spacing": "error",
+        "unicode-bom": [
+            "error",
+            "never"
+        ],
+        "valid-jsdoc": "error",
+        "vars-on-top": "off",
+        "wrap-iife": "error",
+        "wrap-regex": "error",
+        "yield-star-spacing": "error",
+        "yoda": [
+            "error",
+            "never"
+        ]
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/contracts/code_generator.js b/lib/contracts/code_generator.js
index b57dced3f..3b3681159 100644
--- a/lib/contracts/code_generator.js
+++ b/lib/contracts/code_generator.js
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class CodeGenerator {
   listenToCommands() {
     let self = this;
 
+    // deprecated events; to remove in embark 2.7.0
     this.events.setCommandHandler('abi-vanila', function(cb) {
       let vanillaABI = self.generateABI({useEmbarkJS: false});
       let contractsJSON = self.generateContractsJSON();
@@ -54,6 +55,37 @@ class CodeGenerator {
 
       cb(vanillaABI, contractsJSON);
     });
+
+    // new events
+    this.events.setCommandHandler('code-vanila', function(cb) {
+      let vanillaABI = self.generateABI({useEmbarkJS: false});
+      let contractsJSON = self.generateContractsJSON();
+
+      cb(vanillaABI, contractsJSON);
+    });
+
+    this.events.setCommandHandler('code', function(cb) {
+      let embarkJSABI = self.generateABI({useEmbarkJS: true});
+      let contractsJSON = self.generateContractsJSON();
+
+      cb(embarkJSABI, contractsJSON);
+    });
+
+    this.events.setCommandHandler('code-contracts-vanila', function(cb) {
+      let vanillaContractsABI = self.generateContracts(false, true, false);
+      let contractsJSON = self.generateContractsJSON();
+
+      cb(vanillaContractsABI, contractsJSON);
+    });
+
+    this.events.setCommandHandler('code-vanila-deployment', function(cb) {
+      let vanillaABI = self.generateABI({useEmbarkJS: false, deployment: true});
+      let contractsJSON = self.generateContractsJSON();
+
+      cb(vanillaABI, contractsJSON);
+    });
+
+
   }
 
   generateProvider(isDeployment) {
@@ -104,8 +136,6 @@ class CodeGenerator {
     let contractsPlugins;
 
     if (useLoader === false) {
-      let result;
-
       for (let className in this.contractsManager.contracts) {
         let contract = this.contractsManager.contracts[className];
         let abi = JSON.stringify(contract.abiDefinition);
diff --git a/lib/contracts/compiler.js b/lib/contracts/compiler.js
index f0a1662a0..450067da0 100644
--- a/lib/contracts/compiler.js
+++ b/lib/contracts/compiler.js
@@ -83,11 +83,12 @@ class Compiler {
         self.logger.info("compiling contracts...");
         solcW.compile({sources: input}, 1, function (output) {
           if (output.errors) {
-            if (output.errors.length === 1 && output.errors[0].indexOf('Warning:') >= 0) {
-              self.logger.warn(output.errors[0]);
-            } else {
-              return callback(new Error("Solidity errors: " + output.errors).message);
+            for (let i=0; i<output.errors; i++) {
+              if (output.errors[i].indexOf('Warning:') >= 0) {
+                return callback(new Error("Solidity errors: " + output.errors).message);
+              }
             }
+            self.logger.warn(output.errors.join('\n'));
           }
           callback(null, output);
         });
diff --git a/lib/contracts/contracts.js b/lib/contracts/contracts.js
index 2dcb677af..36ab312b5 100644
--- a/lib/contracts/contracts.js
+++ b/lib/contracts/contracts.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class ContractsManager {
     this.logger = options.logger;
     this.plugins = options.plugins;
     if (!options.contractsConfig.versions) {
-      this.solcVersion = "0.4.11";
+      this.solcVersion = "0.4.17";
     } else {
       this.solcVersion = options.contractsConfig.versions.solc;
     }
diff --git a/lib/core/config.js b/lib/core/config.js
index 9bc599f43..a4a4f3d3d 100644
--- a/lib/core/config.js
+++ b/lib/core/config.js
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Config.prototype.loadContractsConfigFile = function() {
   var configObject = {
     "versions": {
       "web3.js": "0.19.1",
-      "solc": "0.4.11"
+      "solc": "0.4.17"
     },
     "deployment": {
       "host": "localhost",
diff --git a/lib/core/engine.js b/lib/core/engine.js
index 48c0ced15..42d3a3872 100644
--- a/lib/core/engine.js
+++ b/lib/core/engine.js
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class Engine {
       plugins: this.plugins
     });
     this.events.on('code-generator-ready', function () {
-      self.events.request('abi', function (abi, contractsJSON) {
+      self.events.request('code', function (abi, contractsJSON) {
         self.currentAbi = abi;
         self.contractsJSON = contractsJSON;
         pipeline.build(abi, contractsJSON, null, function() {
diff --git a/lib/core/events.js b/lib/core/events.js
index b921e48f8..425574e91 100644
--- a/lib/core/events.js
+++ b/lib/core/events.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ var EventEmitter = require('events');
 function warnIfLegacy(eventName) {
   const legacyEvents = ['abi-vanila', 'abi', 'abi-contracts-vanila', 'abi-vanila-deployment'];
   if (legacyEvents.indexOf(eventName) >= 0) {
-    console.warn("this event is deprecated and will be removed in future versions: " + eventName);
+    console.info("this event is deprecated and will be removed in future versions: " + eventName);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/core/test.js b/lib/core/test.js
index 949348658..6173f87be 100644
--- a/lib/core/test.js
+++ b/lib/core/test.js
@@ -71,21 +71,10 @@ Test.prototype.deployAll = function(contractsConfig, cb) {
         callback();
       },
       function deploy(callback) {
-        //self.engine.events.setHandler('abi-contracts-vanila', function(vanillaABI) {
-        //elf.engine.events.on('abi-contracts-vanila', function(vanillaABI) {
         self.engine.events.on('code-generator-ready', function () {
-          self.engine.events.request('abi-contracts-vanila', function(vanillaABI) {
-            console.log("got abi-contracts-vanila request");
+          self.engine.events.request('code-contracts-vanila', function(vanillaABI) {
             callback(null, vanillaABI);
           });
-          //self.engine.events.on('abi-contracts-vanila', function(vanillaABI) {
-          //  console.log("got abi-contracts-vanila");
-          //  callback(null, vanillaABI);
-          //});
-          //self.engine.events.request('abi', function(vanillaABI) {
-          //  console.log("got abi");
-          //  callback(null, vanillaABI);
-          //});
         });
 
         self.engine.deployManager.deployContracts(function(err, result) {
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 88498f09d..c0ca02ad7 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class Embark {
         });
         dashboard.start(function () {
           engine.events.on('code-generator-ready', function () {
-            engine.events.request('abi-vanila-deployment', function (abi) {
+            engine.events.request('code-vanila-deployment', function (abi) {
               dashboard.console.runCode(abi);
             });
           });
diff --git a/lib/pipeline/npm.js b/lib/pipeline/npm.js
index 275fd804a..5a393acee 100644
--- a/lib/pipeline/npm.js
+++ b/lib/pipeline/npm.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// TODO: this is horrible and needs to be refactored ASAP
 let utils = require('../utils/utils.js');
 let fs = require('../core/fs.js');
 let o_fs = require('fs-extra');
@@ -26,7 +27,6 @@ class Npm {
       res.on('end', function () {
         let registryJSON = JSON.parse(body);
 
-        console.log(JSON.stringify(registryJSON));
         let tarball = registryJSON.dist.tarball;
 
         var download = function(url, dest, cb) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ef16a2452..c51cfcf99 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "embark",
-  "version": "2.5.2",
+  "version": "2.6.0",
   "description": "Embark is a framework that allows you to easily develop and deploy DApps",
   "scripts": {
     "test": "grunt jshint && mocha test/ --no-timeouts"
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     "promptly": "^2.1.0",
     "serve-static": "^1.11.1",
     "shelljs": "^0.5.0",
-    "solc": "0.4.11",
+    "solc": "0.4.17",
     "tar": "^3.1.5",
     "toposort": "^1.0.0",
     "underscore": "^1.8.3",
diff --git a/test_app/config/contracts.json b/test_app/config/contracts.json
index ce0de3ce5..d2a7e2b34 100644
--- a/test_app/config/contracts.json
+++ b/test_app/config/contracts.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "default": {
     "versions": {
       "web3.js": "1.0.0-beta",
-      "solc": "0.4.11"
+      "solc": "0.4.17"
     },
     "deployment": {
       "host": "localhost",
diff --git a/test_app/test/token_spec.js b/test_app/test/token_spec.js
index 4b718f593..d24dbe587 100644
--- a/test_app/test/token_spec.js
+++ b/test_app/test/token_spec.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ describe("Token", function() {
   });
 
   it("not deploy Token", function(done) {
-    assert.equal(Token.address, "undefined");
+    assert.equal(Token.address, "");
     done();
   });