is downloading wsl is necessary?

[vasanthakumar-23]

hi guys,i have been learning this course from last weak,pattrick told us to install wsl,i installed by his instruction,
my laptop is 4gb ra and 1 tb HHd,i couldnt do any big installation in it,even i installed wsl and connect the vs code with ubuntu terminal
it takes much time and not open,can i continues doing the course without wsl.i want to become a skilled blockchain developer,i dont want any lag in my path.please answer my doubt friends,is that possible to continue with windows terminal