For consistency, enable ESLint `one-var` rule to require multiple variable declarations for initialized variables per scope. Uninitialized variables can still be declared together (preferred) or separately.
http://eslint.org/docs/rules/one-var
Properly export helpers and remove dependencies to `Chart.helpers`. Helpers can now be accessed from `src/helpers/index.js` (`var helpers = require('path/to/helpers/index')`, instead of `var helpers = Chart.helpers`).
For consistency with `valueOrDefault`, `valueAtIndexOrDefault` now returns null if `value` (expected array) is null. Also get rid of the superfluous `get` prefix in `getValueOrDefault` and `getValueAtIndexOrDefault`.
In order to take full advantage of the new plugin hooks called before and after a dataset is drawn, all drawing operations must happen on stable meta data, so make sure that transitions are performed before.
In order to simulate real-time chart updates (i.e. horizontal animation), it's necessary to distinguish a removed or added value from a simple update. The dataset controller now hooks array methods that alter the data array length to synchronize metadata accordingly. Also remove the duplicate calls of updateBezierControlPoints() for line and radar charts.
Change the linter in gulp tasks to be consistent with Code Climate results which are based on ESLint using .eslintrc options. However, defaults Code Climate rules are too strict, so turn as warnings the 'complexity' and 'max-statements' rules (other errors has been fixed). Note that the Gulp task name has been changed for `gulp lint`.
This change allows for smaller minified code in the final version, resulting in a smaller file size. Some files had previously used _this, but that has been changed to me to keep consistency throughout the project.
Data controllers should now rarely implement addElements and addElementAndReset but instead should define dataElementType (and optionally datasetElementType). Also remove some dead code (e.g. numBars, colorForNewElement, etc.).
Meta info are now scoped by chart and moved under the dataset._meta map { chart.id -> meta }. Meta for a specific chart (and dataset) can be accessed using chart.getDatasetMeta(datasetIndex) or from the dataset controller using getMeta(). Note that helpers.uid() now generates an int (instead of a string) to make lookups in the _meta map faster.
