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controllers.application.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Controller.extend({
  appName: 'Ember Twiddle',
  thing: "test",
  actions: {
    export() {
      console.log(this.get('thing'));
      
    }
  }
});

templates.application.hbs

<input type="text" value={{thing}} oninput={{action (mut thing) value="target.value"}} aria-whatever="true">

<button {{action 'export'}}>hit me </button>

twiddle.json

{
  "version": "0.12.1",
  "EmberENV": {
    "FEATURES": {}
  },
  "options": {
    "use_pods": false,
    "enable-testing": false
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "jquery": "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.3/jquery.js",
    "ember": "2.12.0",
    "ember-template-compiler": "2.12.0",
    "ember-testing": "2.12.0"
  },
  "addons": {
    "ember-data": "2.12.1"
  }
}