ember-data Model import

controllers.application\.js

import Controller from '@ember/controller';

export default class ApplicationController extends Controller {
  appName = 'Ember Twiddle';
}

models.thing\.js

import { Model } from '@ember-data/model';

export default class extends Model {
}

routes.application\.js

import Route from '@ember/routing/route';
import { inject as service } from '@ember/service';

export default class extends Route {
  @service store;

  model() {
    return this.store.createRecord('thing');
  }
}

templates.application\.hbs

<h1>Welcome to {{this.appName}}</h1>
<br>
<br>
{{outlet}}
<br>
<br>

twiddle\.json

{
  "version": "0.17.1",
  "EmberENV": {
    "FEATURES": {},
    "_TEMPLATE_ONLY_GLIMMER_COMPONENTS": false,
    "_APPLICATION_TEMPLATE_WRAPPER": true,
    "_JQUERY_INTEGRATION": true
  },
  "options": {
    "use_pods": false,
    "enable-testing": false
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "jquery": "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.5.1/jquery.js",
    "ember": "3.18.1",
    "ember-template-compiler": "3.18.1",
    "ember-testing": "3.18.1"
  },
  "addons": {
    "@glimmer/component": "1.0.0",
    "ember-data": "3.18.0"
  }
}