What are some affordable ways to learn and practice C#?

Try building small projects of your own. Pick a simple idea and work on it one piece at a time—a calculator, task tracker, text game, file organizer, or something similar. Guided lessons can help explain concepts, but creating something without an answer key is usually much better for finding out what you actually understand.

FreeCodeCamp and similar structured courses may be worth checking out, but don’t depend only on interactive exercises. Set up C# locally, read the documentation when you get stuck, and regularly solve problems without immediately looking at a model solution. That combination tends to build more confidence than completing tutorials alone.

Microsoft Learn is a solid place to start since it has official C# learning material and beginner-focused lessons. For extra practice, Exercism gives you small programming exercises with increasing difficulty. You can also use a local editor such as Visual Studio Code instead of relying entirely on a browser-based coding environment.

There are also C#-focused training sites such as SkillFoundry and DevForge. They may be useful if you want a more guided path centered specifically on C#, though I’d compare their pricing and trial options before committing.