The first lab is due Monday, six days after class began, so we were given about a week for it. The professor told us it was not supposed to be a very intensive lab, and its main purpose was to get us up to speed with Go and the scaffolding code that we are using. In addition to the labs and tests we are required to read a research paper for every class and write a paragraph answering a question about it, and we must also do a project at the end of the term. You can find examples of old tests at the OCW site http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-comput..., if you'd like to see what they are like.