Activity › Forums › Salesforce® Discussions › What is doInit in lightning component? Salesforce® Discussions What is doInit in lightning component? Posted by Deepak on August 9, 2019 at 2:52 PM Why we write doInit handler for lightning component. What is the use of doInit? Yogesh replied 6 years, 9 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply 1 Reply Yogesh Member August 9, 2019 at 2:56 PM This event is automatically fired when an app or component is initialized, prior to rendering. Component- <aura:component> <aura:handler name=”init” value=”{!this}” action=”{!c.doInit}”/> </aura:component> jsController- ({ doInit: function(cmp) { // Set the attribute value. // You could also fire an event here instead. alert(‘test’); } }) Log In to reply. Public All Members My Connections Only Me PublicAll MembersMy ConnectionsOnly Me Public All Members My Connections Only Me