a simple base class for having setters and getters by default

getterSetterBase.js

define(["dojo/_base/declare", "dojo/_base/lang", "gmk/library/utilities/string"],
    function(declare, lang, strUtil){
        return declare([ ], {
            get: function(varName) {
                var retVal = null;
                if ( "function" == typeof lang.getObject("get"+strUtil.ucfirst(varName), false, this) ) {
                    retVal = lang.getObject("get"+strUtil.ucfirst(varName), false, this)();
                } else {
                    retVal = lang.getObject(varName, false, this);
                }
                return retVal;
            },
            set: function(varName, value) {
                if ( "function" == typeof lang.getObject("set"+strUtil.ucfirst(varName), false, this) ) {
                    lang.getObject("set"+strUtil.ucfirst(varName), false, this)(value);
                } else {
                    lang.setObject(varName, value, this);
                }
                return this;
            }
        });
    });

something.js

define(["dojo/_base/declare", "gmk/library/base/mvc/view"], 
function(declare, baseView){
    return declare([baseView], {
        someVar:      null,
        someOtherVar: null,
        constructor:  function(props) {
            this.set("someVar","somevalue");
            this.set("someOtherVar",5);
        },

        setSomeOtherVar: function(value){
            this.someOtherVar = ++value;
        }
    });
});

util.js

define([], function(){
    return {
        ucfirst: function(string) {
            return string.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + string.slice(1);
        }
    }
});

view.js

define(["dojo/_base/declare", "dojo/_base/lang", "gmk/library/base/getterSetterBase"],
    function(declare, lang, getterSetterBase){
        return declare([getterSetterBase], {
            setupDom:           function() {
            },
            setupDijits:        function() {
            },
            setupConnections:   function() {
            },
            init : function() {
                this.setupDom();
                this.setupDijits();
                this.setupConnections();
            },
            constructor: function(props) {
                lang.mixin(this, props);
                this.init();
            }

        });
});