Short instruction example usage by creating Line Chart

1. Use <canvas> element in your html file and set it an ID.

<canvas id="myChart"></canvas>
       

2. Declare a new Chart in the javascript section of your project.

// Get the context of the canvas element we want to select
var ctx = document.getElementById("myChart").getContext('2d');
var myLineChart = new Chart(ctx).Line(data, option); //'Line' defines type of the chart.
       

3. Make a chart responsive

var option = {
    responsive: true,
};
       

4. Declare a data for chart

    var data = {
    labels: ["January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July"],
    datasets: [
        {
            label: "My First dataset",
            fillColor: "rgba(220,220,220,0.2)",
            strokeColor: "rgba(220,220,220,1)",
            pointColor: "rgba(220,220,220,1)",
            pointStrokeColor: "#fff",
            pointHighlightFill: "#fff",
            pointHighlightStroke: "rgba(220,220,220,1)",
            data: [65, 59, 80, 81, 56, 55, 40]
        },
        {
            label: "My Second dataset",
            fillColor: "rgba(151,187,205,0.2)",
            strokeColor: "rgba(151,187,205,1)",
            pointColor: "rgba(151,187,205,1)",
            pointStrokeColor: "#fff",
            pointHighlightFill: "#fff",
            pointHighlightStroke: "rgba(151,187,205,1)",
            data: [28, 48, 40, 19, 86, 27, 90]
        }
    ]
};
       

5. (Optional) Change global chart configuration

Chart.defaults.global = {
    // Boolean - Whether to animate the chart
    animation: true,

    // Number - Number of animation steps
    animationSteps: 60,

    // String - Animation easing effect
    // Possible effects are:
    // [easeInOutQuart, linear, easeOutBounce, easeInBack, easeInOutQuad,
    //  easeOutQuart, easeOutQuad, easeInOutBounce, easeOutSine, easeInOutCubic,
    //  easeInExpo, easeInOutBack, easeInCirc, easeInOutElastic, easeOutBack,
    //  easeInQuad, easeInOutExpo, easeInQuart, easeOutQuint, easeInOutCirc,
    //  easeInSine, easeOutExpo, easeOutCirc, easeOutCubic, easeInQuint,
    //  easeInElastic, easeInOutSine, easeInOutQuint, easeInBounce,
    //  easeOutElastic, easeInCubic]
    animationEasing: "easeOutQuart",

    // Boolean - If we should show the scale at all
    showScale: true,

    // Boolean - If we want to override with a hard coded scale
    scaleOverride: false,

    // ** Required if scaleOverride is true **
    // Number - The number of steps in a hard coded scale
    scaleSteps: null,
    // Number - The value jump in the hard coded scale
    scaleStepWidth: null,
    // Number - The scale starting value
    scaleStartValue: null,

    // String - Colour of the scale line
    scaleLineColor: "rgba(0,0,0,.1)",

    // Number - Pixel width of the scale line
    scaleLineWidth: 1,

    // Boolean - Whether to show labels on the scale
    scaleShowLabels: true,

    // Interpolated JS string - can access value
    scaleLabel: "<%=value%>",

    // Boolean - Whether the scale should stick to integers, not floats even if drawing space is there
    scaleIntegersOnly: true,

    // Boolean - Whether the scale should start at zero, or an order of magnitude down from the lowest value
    scaleBeginAtZero: false,

    // String - Scale label font declaration for the scale label
    scaleFontFamily: "'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica', 'Arial', sans-serif",

    // Number - Scale label font size in pixels
    scaleFontSize: 12,

    // String - Scale label font weight style
    scaleFontStyle: "normal",

    // String - Scale label font colour
    scaleFontColor: "#666",

    // Boolean - whether or not the chart should be responsive and resize when the browser does.
    responsive: false,

    // Boolean - whether to maintain the starting aspect ratio or not when responsive, if set to false, will take up entire container
    maintainAspectRatio: true,

    // Boolean - Determines whether to draw tooltips on the canvas or not
    showTooltips: true,

    // Function - Determines whether to execute the customTooltips function instead of drawing the built in tooltips (See [Advanced - External Tooltips](#advanced-usage-custom-tooltips))
    customTooltips: false,

    // Array - Array of string names to attach tooltip events
    tooltipEvents: ["mousemove", "touchstart", "touchmove"],

    // String - Tooltip background colour
    tooltipFillColor: "rgba(0,0,0,0.8)",

    // String - Tooltip label font declaration for the scale label
    tooltipFontFamily: "'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica', 'Arial', sans-serif",

    // Number - Tooltip label font size in pixels
    tooltipFontSize: 14,

    // String - Tooltip font weight style
    tooltipFontStyle: "normal",

    // String - Tooltip label font colour
    tooltipFontColor: "#fff",

    // String - Tooltip title font declaration for the scale label
    tooltipTitleFontFamily: "'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica', 'Arial', sans-serif",

    // Number - Tooltip title font size in pixels
    tooltipTitleFontSize: 14,

    // String - Tooltip title font weight style
    tooltipTitleFontStyle: "bold",

    // String - Tooltip title font colour
    tooltipTitleFontColor: "#fff",

    // Number - pixel width of padding around tooltip text
    tooltipYPadding: 6,

    // Number - pixel width of padding around tooltip text
    tooltipXPadding: 6,

    // Number - Size of the caret on the tooltip
    tooltipCaretSize: 8,

    // Number - Pixel radius of the tooltip border
    tooltipCornerRadius: 6,

    // Number - Pixel offset from point x to tooltip edge
    tooltipXOffset: 10,

    // String - Template string for single tooltips
    tooltipTemplate: "<%if (label){%><%=label%>: <%}%><%= value %>",

    // String - Template string for multiple tooltips
    multiTooltipTemplate: "<%= value %>",

    // Function - Will fire on animation progression.
    onAnimationProgress: function(){},

    // Function - Will fire on animation completion.
    onAnimationComplete: function(){}
}