rcdimple is the htmlwidget version of the dimple piece in rCharts. The goal is beautiful, customizable d3.js charts straight from R with minimal code and no knowledge of JavaScript. To get started, it is easy to install using devtools::install_github.

devtools::install_github("timelyportfolio/rcdimple")

Then for a complete replication of the examples in dimple, just do a demo.

library(rcdimple)
demo(dimple)

For additional discussion, see the post Week 11 | dimple as htmlwidget announcing this widget at Building Widgets. Look for many, many more examples in the future.

rcdimple already makes waffle charts by collaborating with waffle.