my-component-test.js

const template = hbs`{{my-component)}}`;

test('it renders', function(assert) {

  // Set any properties with this.set('myProperty', 'value');
  // Handle any actions with this.on('myAction', function(val) { ... });" + EOL + EOL +

  this.render(template);

  // assert.equal(this.$('ul.selected-operators li').length, 1);
  this.$('.search').val('more');

  assert.equal(this.$('.testquery').text(), 'more');
});

my-component.hbs

<span class="testquery">{{searchQuery}}</span>

{{input
  class='search'
  value=searchQuery}}

my-component.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Component.extend(
  {
    searchQuery: 'foobar'
  });