embedding chart.js not required, use vendor.ts to import

[skliffmueller]

Embedding in index.html is not required.

<script src="node_modules/chart.js/src/chart.js"></script>

Just add this to your vendor.ts file

import 'chart.js/src/chart.js';

I'm sure using minified versions work just the same. This is how I've always include third party libraries on angular2. I don't know if there is a specific reason as to why embedding to index.html was done, but thought I'd make this ticket as an opportunity for discussion.

[Hehohehoheho]

Thanks for the tip. In my case I just needed to do:

import 'chart.js'

[zbagley]

Using ng2-charts with angular2-webpack-starter as your template requires a script embed even if imported in your vendor file. I imagine that fixing custom-typings in a certain way would fix this, but that's far more of a hassle than using the script embed.

[paviad]

Closing for inactivity - if issue persists, feel free to comment with a working example (codepen/plunkr/...) which demonstrates the issue.