Cleaning up examples in main and splitting the code into suitable packages

backend/internal/types/users.go

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+package types
+
+// User struct represents a user in the system
+type User struct {
+	UserId   string `json:"userId"`
+	Username string `json:"username"`
+	Password string `json:"password"`
+}
+
+// If the user needs to be served over the api, we dont want to send the password
+// ToPublicUser converts a User to a PublicUser
+func (u *User) ToPublicUser() (*PublicUser, error) {
+	return &PublicUser{
+		UserId:   u.UserId,
+		Username: u.Username,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+// PublicUser represents a user that is safe to send over the API (no password)
+type PublicUser struct {
+	UserId   string `json:"userId"`
+	Username string `json:"username"`
+}

backend/internal/types/users_test.go

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+package types
+
+import "testing"
+
+// NewUser returns a new User
+func TestNewUser(t *testing.T) {
+	u := User{
+		UserId:   "123",
+		Username: "test",
+		Password: "password",
+	}
+
+	if u.UserId != "123" {
+		t.Errorf("Expected user id to be 123, got %s", u.UserId)
+	}
+	if u.Username != "test" {
+		t.Errorf("Expected username to be test, got %s", u.Username)
+	}
+	if u.Password != "password" {
+		t.Errorf("Expected password to be password, got %s", u.Password)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestToPublicUser(t *testing.T) {
+	u := User{
+		UserId:   "123",
+		Username: "test",
+		Password: "password",
+	}
+
+	_, err := u.ToPublicUser()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Expected no error, got %s", err)
+	}
+}