Start building out the backend with database

database/database.go

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+package database
+
+import (
+	"database/sql"
+	"github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
+	"log"
+
+	_ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
+)
+
+var Conn *sql.DB
+
+func Open() {
+	var err error
+
+	sql.Register("sqlite3_with_extensions",
+		&sqlite3.SQLiteDriver{
+			Extensions: []string{
+				"sqlite3_mod_regexp",
+			},
+		})
+
+	Conn, err = sql.Open("sqlite3", "tastybites.db?_journal_mode=WAL")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("Error opening connection: ", err)
+	}
+
+	//Set the connection to use WAL mode
+	_, err = Conn.Exec("PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL;")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
+
+func Close() {
+	err := Conn.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}