computed

controllers.application.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Controller.extend({
  appName: 'Ember Twiddle',
  
  _foo: 'foo',
  foo: Ember.computed({
    get() {
      return this.get('_foo');
    },
    set(key, value) {
    	return this.set('_foo', value);
    }
  }),
  
  actions: {
    update() {
    	this.set('foo', 'bar');
    }
  }
  
});

templates.application.hbs

<h1>Welcome to {{appName}}</h1>
<br>
<br>
{{outlet}}
{{foo}}
<br>
<button {{action 'update'}}>update</button>

twiddle.json

{
  "version": "0.10.6",
  "EmberENV": {
    "FEATURES": {}
  },
  "options": {
    "use_pods": false,
    "enable-testing": false
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "jquery": "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.3/jquery.js",
    "ember": "2.9.0",
    "ember-data": "2.9.0",
    "ember-template-compiler": "2.9.0",
    "ember-testing": "2.9.0"
  },
  "addons": {}
}