diff --git a/docs/source/en/basics/app-start.md b/docs/source/en/basics/app-start.md
index 61112ae8c7..823d64a7f3 100644
--- a/docs/source/en/basics/app-start.md
+++ b/docs/source/en/basics/app-start.md
@@ -2,36 +2,79 @@
 
 When the application starts up, we often need to set up some initialization logic. The application bootstraps with those specific configurations. It is in a healthy state and be able to take external service requests after those configurations successfully applied. Otherwise, it failed.
 
-The framework starts with a file called `app.js` that executes the application initialization logic, if present, and it returns a function.
 
-For example, we need to load a list of national cities from the remote server during application startup for subsequent use in the controller:
+The framework provides a unified entry file (`app.js`) for boot process customization. This file need returns a Boot class. We can define the initialization process in the startup application by defining the lifecycle method in the Boot class.
+
+The framework has provided you several functions to handle during the whole [life cycle](../advanced/loader.md#life-cycles):
+
+- `configWillLoad`: All the config files are ready to load, so this is the LAST chance to modify them.
+- `configDidLoad`: When all the config files have been loaded.
+- `didLoad`: When all the files have been loaded.
+- `willReady`: When all the plug-ins are ready.
+- `didReady`: When all the workers are ready.
+- `serverDidReady`: When the server is ready.
+- `beforeClose`: Before the application is closed.
+
+We can defined Boot class in `app.js`. Below we take a few examples of lifecycle functions commonly used in application development:
 
 ```js
 // app.js
-module.exports = app => {
-  app.beforeStart(async () => {
-    // The lifecycle method runs before the application bootstraps
-    app.cities = await app.curl('http://example.com/city.json', {
-      method: 'GET',
-      dataType: 'json',
+class AppBootHook {
+  constructor(app) {
+    this.app = app;
+  }
+
+  configWillLoad() {
+    // The config file has been read and merged, but it has not yet taken effect
+    // This is the last time the application layer modifies the configuration
+    // Note: This function only supports synchronous calls.
+
+    // For example: the password in the parameter is encrypted, decrypt it here
+    this.app.config.mysql.password = decrypt(this.app.config.mysql.password);
+    // For example: insert a middleware into the framework's coreMiddleware
+    const statusIdx = app.config.coreMiddleware.indexOf('status');
+    app.config.coreMiddleware.splice(statusIdx + 1, 0, 'limit');
+  }
+
+  async didLoad() {
+    // All configurations have been loaded
+    // Can be used to load the application custom file, start a custom service
+
+    // Example: Creating a custom app example
+    this.app.queue = new Queue(this.app.config.queue);
+    await this.app.queue.init();
+
+    // For example: load a custom directory
+    app.loader.loadToContext(path.join(__dirname, 'app/tasks'), 'tasks', {
+      fieldClass: 'tasksClasses',
     });
+  }
 
-    // also could create an anonymous context to call Service
-    // const ctx = app.createAnonymousContext();
-    // app.cities = await ctx.service.cities.load();
-  });
-};
-```
+  async willReady() {
+    // All plugins have been started, but the application is not yet ready
+    // Can do some data initialization and other operations
+    // Application will start after these operations executed succcessfully
 
-`cities` attribute has attached on the global `app`. It can be accessed in the controller,
+    // For example: loading data from the database into the in-memory cache
+    this.app.cacheData = await app.model.query(QUERY_CACHE_SQL);
+  }
 
-```js
-// app/controller/home.js
-class HomeController extends Controller {
-  async index() {
-    // 'app.cities' is loaded, and you can access it by 'this.ctx.app.cities'
+  async didReady() {
+    // Application already ready
+
+    const ctx = await this.app.createAnonymousContext();
+    await ctx.service.Biz.request();
+  }
+
+  async serverDidReady() {
+    // http / https server has started and begins accepting external requests
+    // At this point you can get an instance of server from app.server
+
+    app.server.on('timeout', socket => {
+      // handle socket timeout
+    });
   }
 }
 ```
 
-**Note: When the framework executes the lifecycle method `beforeStart`, do not run time-consuming operation. The framework enables a *Timeout* setting by default when it starts up.**
+**Note: It is not recommended to do too time-consuming operations in the custom lifecycle function, the framework will have a startup timeout detection.**
diff --git a/docs/source/zh-cn/basics/app-start.md b/docs/source/zh-cn/basics/app-start.md
index 0c135c0727..5596d484d7 100644
--- a/docs/source/zh-cn/basics/app-start.md
+++ b/docs/source/zh-cn/basics/app-start.md
@@ -3,34 +3,77 @@ title: 启动自定义
 
 我们常常需要在应用启动期间进行一些初始化工作，等初始化完成后应用才可以启动成功，并开始对外提供服务。
 
-框架提供了统一的入口文件（`app.js`）进行启动过程自定义，这个文件只返回一个函数。例如，我们需要在应用启动期间从远程接口加载一份全国城市列表，以便于后续在 Controller 中使用：
+框架提供了统一的入口文件（`app.js`）进行启动过程自定义，这个文件返回一个 Boot 类，我们可以通过定义 Boot 类中的生命周期方法来执行启动应用过程中的初始化工作。
+
+框架提供了这些 [生命周期函数](../advanced/loader.md#life-cycles)供开发人员处理：
+
+- 配置文件即将加载，这是最后动态修改配置的时机（`configWillLoad`）
+- 配置文件加载完成（`configDidLoad`）
+- 文件加载完成（`didLoad`）
+- 插件启动完毕（`willReady`）
+- worker 准备就绪（`didReady`）
+- 应用启动完成（`serverDidReady`）
+- 应用即将关闭（`beforeClose`）
+
+我们可以在 `app.js` 中定义这个 Boot 类，下面我们抽取几个在应用开发中常用的生命周期函数来举例：
 
 ```js
 // app.js
-module.exports = app => {
-  app.beforeStart(async () => {
-    // 应用会等待这个函数执行完成才启动
-    app.cities = await app.curl('http://example.com/city.json', {
-      method: 'GET',
-      dataType: 'json',
+class AppBootHook {
+  constructor(app) {
+    this.app = app;
+  }
+
+  configWillLoad() {
+    // 此时 config 文件已经被读取并合并，但是还并未生效
+    // 这是应用层修改配置的最后时机
+    // 注意：此函数只支持同步调用
+
+    // 例如：参数中的密码是加密的，在此处进行解密
+    this.app.config.mysql.password = decrypt(this.app.config.mysql.password);
+    // 例如：插入一个中间件到框架的 coreMiddleware 之间
+    const statusIdx = app.config.coreMiddleware.indexOf('status');
+    app.config.coreMiddleware.splice(statusIdx + 1, 0, 'limit');
+  }
+
+  async didLoad() {
+    // 所有的配置已经加载完毕
+    // 可以用来加载应用自定义的文件，启动自定义的服务
+
+    // 例如：创建自定义应用的示例
+    this.app.queue = new Queue(this.app.config.queue);
+    await this.app.queue.init();
+
+    // 例如：加载自定义的目录
+    app.loader.loadToContext(path.join(__dirname, 'app/tasks'), 'tasks', {
+      fieldClass: 'tasksClasses',
     });
+  }
 
-    // 也可以通过以下方式来调用 Service
-    // const ctx = app.createAnonymousContext();
-    // app.cities = await ctx.service.cities.load();
-  });
-};
-```
+  async willReady() {
+    // 所有的插件都已启动完毕，但是应用整体还未 ready
+    // 可以做一些数据初始化等操作，这些操作成功才会启动应用
 
-在 Controller 中就可以使用了：
+    // 例如：从数据库加载数据到内存缓存
+    this.app.cacheData = await app.model.query(QUERY_CACHE_SQL);
+  }
 
-```js
-// app/controller/home.js
-class HomeController extends Controller {
-  async index() {
-    // 'app.cities' 在上面启动期间已经加载，可以直接通过 'this.ctx.app.cities' 使用。
+  async didReady() {
+    // 应用已经启动完毕
+
+    const ctx = await this.app.createAnonymousContext();
+    await ctx.service.Biz.request();
+  }
+
+  async serverDidReady() {
+    // http / https server 已启动，开始接受外部请求
+    // 此时可以从 app.server 拿到 server 的实例
+
+    app.server.on('timeout', socket => {
+      // handle socket timeout
+    });
   }
 }
 ```
 
-**注意：在 `beforeStart` 中不建议做太耗时的操作，框架会有启动的超时检测。**
+**注意：在自定义生命周期函数中不建议做太耗时的操作，框架会有启动的超时检测。**