**Edited 4/19/14** see http://blog.philwinkle.com/updates-in-magento-2/ || [Quickcast] Magento Module creation part 4. Part 4 of our ongoing series. We dive into the new dependency injection pattern in Magento 2 by creating and then referring to a helper in the module we created in parts 1-3.Link: http://quick.as/bbpzf6e4

Philwinkle\Module\etc\di.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config>
    <type name="Magento\Backend\Model\Menu\Item">
        <plugin name="myname" type="Philwinkle\Module\Model\Plugin\Wrapper" sortOrder="100"></plugin>
    </type>
</config>

Philwinkle\Module\etc\module.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config>
    <module name="Philwinkle_Module" version="0.0.1.0" active="true"></module>
</config>

Philwinkle\Module\Helper\Data.php

<?php

namespace Philwinkle\Module\Helper;

class Data extends \Magento\Core\Helper\Data
{
    public function l33t($string)
    {
        return strtr($string, 'leto', '1370');
    }
}

Philwinkle\Module\Model\Plugin\Wrapper.php

<?php

namespace Philwinkle\Module\Model\Plugin;

class Wrapper
{
    protected $_helper;

    public function __construct(\Philwinkle\Module\Helper\Data $helper)
    {
        $this->_helper = $helper;
    }

    public function afterGetTitle(\Magento\Backend\Model\Menu\Item $subject, string $name)
    {
        return '(' . $this->_helper->l33t($name) . ')';
    }
}