You can specify .on('init') to make observers work immediately after initialization; otherwise, for example, @ Kingpin2k - they do not start
App.TextboxDisplayComponent = Ember.Component.extend({ displayText: '', boundProperty: '', observeBoundProperty: function () { this.set('displayText', this.get('boundProperty')); }.observes('boundProperty').on('init') });
Your (non) working example is here
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