Ember's Route Hook Order

controllers.application.js

import Ember from 'ember';
import {inject as service} from '@ember/service';

export default Ember.Controller.extend({
  appName: `Ember's Route Hook Order`,
  router: service(),
  
  actions: {
    clearLog() {
      Ember.$('.log-item').remove();
    },
    
    changeIt() {
			this.router.transitionTo("some.nested.route");
    }
  }
});

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('about');
  
  this.route('some', function() {
    this.route('nested', function() {
      this.route('route');  
    });
  });
});

export default Router;

routes.about.js

import Ember from 'ember';
import LogRoute from './log-route';

export default LogRoute.extend();

routes.application.js

import Ember from 'ember';
import LogRoute from './log-route';

export default LogRoute.extend();

routes.index.js

import Ember from 'ember';
import LogRoute from './log-route';

export default LogRoute.extend();

routes.log-route.js

import Ember from 'ember';

function logHook(property) {
  return function() {
    let log = `<span class="log-item log-hook-item">${this._debugContainerKey} - ${property}</span>`;
    Ember.$('body').append(log);
    return this._super(...arguments);
  };
}

function logAction(property) {
  return function() {
    let log = `<span class="log-item log-action-item">${this._debugContainerKey} - ${property}</span>`;
    Ember.$('body').append(log);
    return this._super(...arguments);
  };
}

export default Ember.Route.extend({
  enter: logHook('enter (private)'),
  exit: logHook('exit (private)'),
  activate: logHook('activate'),
  deactivate: logHook('deactivate'),
  model: logHook('model'),
  afterModel: logHook('afterModel'),
  redirect: logHook('redirect'),
  beforeModel: logHook('beforeModel'),
  setupController: logHook('setupController'),
  resetController: logHook('resetController'),
  renderTemplate: logHook('renderTemplate'),
  
  actions: {
    willTransition: logAction('will transition'),
    didTransition: logAction('did transition')
  }
});

routes.some.js

import Ember from 'ember';
import LogRoute from './log-route';

export default LogRoute.extend();

routes.some.nested.js

import Ember from 'ember';
import LogRoute from '../log-route';

export default LogRoute.extend();

routes.some.nested.route.js

import Ember from 'ember';
import LogRoute from '../../log-route';

export default LogRoute.extend();

styles.app.css

body {
  margin: 12px 16px;
  font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
  font-size: 12pt;
}

.log-item {
  display: block;
}

.log-action-item {
  color: green;
}

templates.application.hbs

<h1>{{appName}}</h1>
<p>See <a href="https://alexdiliberto.com/posts/ember-route-hooks-a-complete-look/">Alex DiLiberto's blog post on the topic</a> for more information</p>
<hr>

<nav>
  {{#link-to 'index'}}Index{{/link-to}} |
  {{#link-to 'about'}}About{{/link-to}} |
  {{#link-to 'some.nested.route'}}Some/Nested/Route{{/link-to}}
  <button {{action 'changeIt'}}>to some/nested/route</button>
</nav>

<br>
<button {{action "clearLog"}}>Clear Logs</button>
<br><br>

{{outlet}}

tests.helpers.destroy-app.js

import { run } from '@ember/runloop';

export default function destroyApp(application) {
  run(application, 'destroy');
}

tests.helpers.start-app.js

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

const { run } = Ember;
const assign = Ember.assign || Ember.merge;

export default function startApp(attrs) {
  let application;

  let attributes = assign({rootElement: "#test-root"}, config.APP);
  attributes.autoboot = true;
  attributes = assign(attributes, attrs); // use defaults, but you can override;

  run(() => {
    application = Application.create(attributes);
    application.setupForTesting();
    application.injectTestHelpers();
  });

  return application;
}

tests.test-helper.js

import Application from '../app';
import config from '../config/environment';
import { setApplication } from '@ember/test-helpers';
import { start } from 'ember-qunit';
import { assign } from '@ember/polyfills';

let attributes = assign({ rootElement: '#main' }, config.APP);
setApplication(Application.create(attributes));

start();

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": "3.12.0"
  }
}