In the lab, you'll find that help is more readily available when you get stuck, that your machine setup will generally be stable and designed well for the task of working on your assignments, and that you're free from the distractions of your home. On the other hand, working in the lab has some genuine benefits, particularly for those of you who are fairly new to programming and/or fairly new to UCI. One of the advantages of programming in Java is that it's possible to set up your own computer as a Java development environment easily and cheaply.
Setting Up Java and Eclipse On Your Computer A word of warning
