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controllers.application\.js

import Controller from '@ember/controller';
import { tracked } from '@glimmer/tracking';

export default class ApplicationController extends Controller {
  appName = 'Ember Twiddle';
	@tracked isSelected=true;
}

templates.application\.hbs

<label for="pet-select">Choose a pet:</label>

<select id="pet-select">
    <option value="">--Please choose an option--</option>
    <option value="dog" selected={{this.isSelected}}>Dog</option>
    <option value="cat">Cat</option>
    <option value="hamster">Hamster</option>
    <option value="parrot">Parrot</option>
    <option value="spider">Spider</option>
    <option value="goldfish">Goldfish</option>
</select>

twiddle\.json

{
  "version": "0.17.1",
  "EmberENV": {
    "FEATURES": {},
    "_TEMPLATE_ONLY_GLIMMER_COMPONENTS": false,
    "_APPLICATION_TEMPLATE_WRAPPER": true,
    "_JQUERY_INTEGRATION": true
  },
  "options": {
    "use_pods": false,
    "enable-testing": false
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "jquery": "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.5.1/jquery.js",
    "ember": "3.18.1",
    "ember-template-compiler": "3.18.1",
    "ember-testing": "3.18.1"
  },
  "addons": {
    "@glimmer/component": "1.0.0"
  }
}