Transitioning by model

controllers.application.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Controller.extend({
  appName: 'Ember Twiddle'
});

controllers.things.new.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Controller.extend({
  thing: Ember.computed(function() {
    return this.store.createRecord('thing', { id: 1, coolnessLevel: 5 });
  }),
  
  actions: {
    // Pretend these are getting data from a form and then doing:
    //   thing.save().then(() => this.transitionToRoute(..))
    byId() {
      this.transitionToRoute('things.thing', this.get('thing.id'));
    },
    byModel() {
      this.transitionToRoute('things.thing', this.get('thing'));
    },
  },
});

models.thing.js

import Model from "ember-data/model";
import attr from "ember-data/attr";
import { belongsTo, hasMany } from "ember-data/relationships";

export default Model.extend({
  coolnessLevel: attr('number'),
});

router.js

import Ember from 'ember';
import config from './config/environment';

const Router = Ember.Router.extend({
  location: 'none',
  rootURL: config.rootURL
});

Router.map(function() {
  this.route('things', function() {
    this.route('new');
    this.route('thing', { path: ':thingd' });
  });
});

export default Router;

routes.index.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Route.extend({
  beforeModel() {
    this.transitionTo('things.new');
  },
});

templates.application.hbs

<h1>Welcome to {{appName}}</h1>
<br>
{{link-to "add a thing" "things.new"}}
<br>
<br>
<br>
{{outlet}}
<br>
<br>

templates.things.new.hbs

<p style="color: #999">pretend there's a bunch of inputs here</p>
<p style="color: #999">and the buttons below save the "thing"</p>
<button {{action "byId"}}>transition by id</button>
<button {{action "byModel"}}>transition by model</button>

templates.things.thing.hbs

<p>the thing isn't really that cool</p>

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"
  }
}