There are two ways I would go about getting some practical C#
experience.
1. Design and build an application that you would yourself find
useful. For example, I'm an American currently interning in Germany,
but don't speak much German. I am, however, taking German classes at
night. So an application I was going to build in C# to help me getter
a better grasp of the language (both, in this case) was a simple German
vocabulary flash-card program. Once it's done, I will be able to
actually use it to help me study German. In the process, I will have
improved my C# skills. This is also more fun than option #2....
2. A more rigorous or academic approach would be to find the websites
of Introductory Object Oriented Programming classes at any university.
Usually, the projects for students in these classes are posted online
and are available for anyone in the world (including you) to see. To
get you started, here's the website for the Intro OOP class at my alma
mater: The University of Wisconsin.
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~cs302/
Click on "Assignments" in the upper-left corner. Note that since the
spring semester has just started there, the only assignment currently
available looks like some ultra simple, "getting acquainted with the
lab" program, but the harder ones should be released as the semester
continues. If these projects are all too simple, simply look for a
more advanced course's website somewhere on the internet. Also, note
that the language of choice for the website I posted is Java, but Java
and C# are so similar that you should have no trouble implenting what's
asked in C#.
Hopefully, you get the idea. Alright, hope that helped. Good luck and
happy programming!
-Dave
