Am a .Net fresher, need some helpful projects to practice

First read some good books.
I have listed some of the good books here
http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4203632/Re-name-of-Csharp-book.aspx[^]

Then
http://www.codeproject.com/[^]
and
http://www.codeplex.com/[^]
are some of the best web sites to search for projects to understand.

One of the way to get to such exercise is a good textbook including them. Another way is trying to use syntax or technique you do not quite understand. Use it in some simple code and try to run it under debugger, usually step by step.

My advice is: do yourself a favor, practice with some useless projects first. This way can be more effective. More exactly, consider the most helpful exercise those helping to understand how things work, not their applications.

One of the way to get to such exercise is a good textbook including them. Another way is trying to use syntax or technique you do not quite understand. Use it in some simple code and try to run it under debugger, usually step by step.

If you try to write something practically useful, you would likely waste much more time: the results may appear not very useful. If the application would cause you to collect some useful data, the use of it might be even negative: you will waste some time and risk loosing data, or creating of excessive data artifact, which is nearly the same as loosing data. And you will learn not enough of programming, because you will be distracted into working too much in your comfort zone, much less in something you really need to learn.

Just think about it.

—SA

sooo many open source projects out there, you can have your picking on something that you also find interesting :)

The way I teach myself a new language is to find an existing application (like NotePad), and write a program that duplicates its functionality and appearance.

After that, I create a new application that extends the functionality of that app.

This can also be extended to learning different platforms, suchas WinForms, WPF, or web apps. Write the same app for all of the different platforms.