What environment is best for the Backend and Api course

I just finished the RDB course and I’m about to start the backend development and api certification but I am confused as to where to run the course. The options given are either cloning the github repo and running it locally on my machine, or running it on Gitpod.
I’ve stayed consistent to this curriculum and haven’t really done personal projects yet, so I’m not quite conversant with my local machine, hence the reason I’m asking what enviroment is best.