angular 2 - adding 3rd party libs

Question

I am trying to start using angular 2 cli.
I want to use momentjs in my project so here is what I have done:
1. created project using angular cli.
2. run np

Answer 1

If library you want to include is not in typings you have two ways to include it in an angular 2 application:

1. using npm: step a. install library using package manager

   step b. add path of the library to the map object in systemjs.config.js file.

example:

'jquery' : 'npm:jquery/dist/jquery.js', 'd3' : 'npm:d3/build/d3.js'

step c. import it in app.module.ts example:

import 'jquery'; import 'd3';

step d. declare it

example: declare var $: any;

declare var d3: any;

2. simply you can include that in script tag in index.html and declare it.