[mark_l_watson]

I like to think of Noir as being a composable framework in the sense that in cases in Sinatra, Rails, etc., I would remove duplicated code using before/after controllers, with Noir I write helper functions for login checking, wrapping a partial for similar web pages, etc. I nest these function calls as appropriate.

So there is really not as much duplication of code as you might think.

Off topic, but: one of the biggest productivity boosts with Noir (and Compojure) is simultaneously running a repl with the code to try stuff out, run 'lein run' with auto-reload of changed files, and a real editor like Emacs or IntelliJ with the Clojure plugin for permanent code changes. Auto-reloading of CSS and Javascript assets also works fine. Sweet dev setup.