Structuring a NodeJS module - variables and methods
var newUser = new User();

var User = require('../lib/user');

module.exports = function User()    {
    var authorized = false;
    var username = undefined;
    var password = undefined;
    var statistics = undefined;

    this.authorized = function()  {
        return authorized;
    }
    this.username = function()  {
        return username;
    }
    this.statistics = function()    {
        return statistics;
    }
}

function User() {
    this.authStatus = false;
    this.email;
    this.displayName;
    this.inSession;
}

User.prototype.isAuthenticated = function() {
    return(this.authStatus && this.email && this.displayName)
}

User.prototype.isInSession = function() {
    return(this.inSession && this.isAuthenticated());
}

exports.User = User;

User.prototype.login = function()    {
    db.doDbStuff('get user data query', function(_error, _result)    {
         this.username = _result[0].name; //this code will not work
    });
}

function User() {
    this.login = function()    { //you know

User.prototype.login = function()    {
    var self = this // bind this to self so you have a reference to what `this` was

    db.doDbStuff('get user data query', function(_error, _result)    {
         self.username = _result[0].name; // self refers to the original `this`, so this works.
    });
}

User.prototype.login = function()    {
    db.doDbStuff('get user data query', (function(_error, _result)    {
         this.username = _result[0].name; // bind fixes the original `this`, so this also works.
    }).bind(this));
}

User.prototype.login = function()    {
    var _this = this;
    db.doDbStuff('get user data query', function(_error, _result)    {
        _this.username = _result[0].name; //this code will now work
    });
}