Is this really necessary?

ember question

App = Ember.Application.create()
App.Adapter = DS.RESTAdapter.extend()

App.store = DS.Store.create({
  revision: 11,
  adapter: App.Adapter.create()
})

App.MyModel = DS.Model.extend({
  name:   DS.attr('string')
})


// The following works using the latest Ember/Ember-Data as of 1/13/2013
// But I feel like there is a better way to do this.

var tmp = App.MyModel.createRecord({ name: "TEST" })
App.store.adapter.createRecord(App.store, App.MyModel, tmp)

With the latest ember.js you don't need to provide the adapter anymore. It is set to RESTAdapter by default.

App.MyModel.createRecord({ name: "TEST" })
App.store.commit()