Updated readme, added BaseTest & homepage page object

Author: vernko

README.md

@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ These should all be part of the pom.xml file.
 - Surefire - version 3.0.0-M5
 
 #### Design Pattern
-- Page Object Model
+- Page Object Model - if you haven't used the Page Object Model before, check out the Page Object Model section below.
 
 ##
-###GETTING STARTED
+### GETTING STARTED
 You will need the following on your computer in order to work on this project:
 * Java - Using version 12 for this project
 * Maven - Check out the Maven section below for more info on installing it
@@ -159,6 +159,12 @@ TestNG's official site - [TestNG](https://testng.org/doc/)
 
 A good tutorial [Test Automation University](https://testautomationu.applitools.com/) - [Intro to TestNG](https://testautomationu.applitools.com/introduction-to-testng/index.html)
 
+##
+### Selenium
+If you haven't used Selenium before, basically it's a tool that helps with automate tasks. In testing, we use it to help automate user flows especially web-related items.
+
+Selenium's official site - [Selenium](https://www.theredx.com/)
+
 ##
 #### Page Object Model
 The article below from BrowserStack provides good info about the POM - [Article on POM](https://www.browserstack.com/guide/page-object-model-in-selenium)

src/main/java/pages/HomePage.java

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package pages;
+
+import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
+
+public class HomePage {
+    private WebDriver driver;
+
+    public HomePage(WebDriver driver) {
+        this.driver = driver;
+    }
+}

src/test/java/base/BaseTests.java

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+package base;
+
+import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
+import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
+import org.testng.annotations.AfterMethod;
+import org.testng.annotations.BeforeMethod;
+import pages.HomePage;
+
+public class BaseTests {
+    private WebDriver driver;
+    protected HomePage homePage;
+
+    @BeforeMethod
+    public void setUp(){
+        System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "resources/chromedriver");
+        driver = new ChromeDriver();
+        driver.get("https://www.theredx.com/");
+        driver.manage().window().maximize();
+
+        homePage = new HomePage(driver);
+    }
+
+    @AfterMethod
+    public void tearDown(){
+        driver.quit();
+    }
+}