--- title: "This Week's Node.js News - Issue 123" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 123 published_at: "2016-02-04" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/123" --- This Week's Node.js News - Issue 123 This week's Node and io.js news[Read this e-mail on the Web](http://nodeweekly.com/issues/123) Node WeeklyFebruary 4, 2016 #123 Rod Vagg [Node Security Updates Now Due Feb 9th](http://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/openssl-and-low-severity-fixes-jan-2016/?#_-update-29-jan-2016-_-openssl-impact-assessment)Upon assessing the impact of the vulnerabilities in OpenSSL, the Node team has reduced the urgency of the updates and are focusing on a release around February 9th to include some other issues. Alex Booker [How to Build and Publish ES6 npm Modules with Babel](https://booker.codes/how-to-build-and-publish-es6-npm-modules-today-with-babel/)A quick walkthrough of publishing transpiled ES6 modules that will work in almost any JavaScript environment. Sahat Yalkabov [Hackathon Starter: Mega Boilerplate for Node Webapps](https://github.com/sahat/hackathon-starter)A feature-packed skeleton to get you started quickly. Builds on MongoDB, Express & Bootstrap. Comes with auth, account management, API examples, etc. CoderpowerSponsor [Bluemix & Node.js Battle](http://ibm-bluemix.coderpower.com/?utm_source=javascriptweekly=primarylisting==bnbattle)6 weeks, 6 challenges and a €1000 prizepool to manipulate the IBM Bluemix SDK in the Bluemix Node.js Battle. Join now and battle immediately to show the enemy your Node.js skills. 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