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Three Years of Q#

Alan GellerDecember 11, 2020Dec 11, 202012/11/20

A look back at Q#'s third year, 2020

Emulation in Q#

Mathias SoekenDecember 4, 2020Dec 4, 202012/4/20

It can be helpful to implement Q# functions or operations directly in C# - either to access some API that is not directly accessible in Q# or to provide alternative implementations based on the context in which the Q# program is executed. This blog post describes techniques to programmatically replace a Q# function by another one.

Inside the Quantum Katas, part 1

Mariia MykhailovaDecember 2, 2020Dec 2, 202012/2/20

Learn about the internal structure of the Quantum Katas - our collection of self-paced programming exercises on quantum computing - and their most important component – the testing harnesses that provide the learner immediate feedback on their solutions.

Q# Advent Calendar 2020

Mariia MykhailovaOctober 27, 2020Oct 27, 202010/27/20

Q# Advent Calendar is a blogging event in which every day in December one awesome community member writes a blog post about Q#. We hosted one in 2018 and in 2019; let's do it again!

Celebrating our open source community with Hacktoberfest

Mariia MykhailovaOctober 2, 2020Oct 2, 202010/2/20

It is October, and this means it's time for Hacktoberfest - an annual celebration of open source! Meet our newest maintainer and learn how to participate in the Quantum Hacktoberfest.

Introducing Quantum Intermediate Representation (QIR)

Alan GellerSeptember 23, 2020Sep 23, 202009/23/20

QIR is a new Microsoft-developed intermediate representation for quantum programs. This post describes QIR and provides pointers to the specification and source code.

Build your own Q# simulator – Part 3: A circuit-diagram builder with ⟨q|pic⟩

Mathias SoekenAugust 13, 2020Aug 13, 202008/13/20

We implement a custom simulator that generates a quantum circuit diagram in the ⟨q|pic⟩ format from Q# program execution traces.

Build your own Q# simulator – Part 2: Advanced features for the reversible simulator

Mathias SoekenJune 2, 2020Jun 2, 202006/2/20

This post is the second in a series on how to write your own Q# simulators. In this part we describe advanced features to extend the reversible simulator from the first post in the series.

Build your own Q# simulator – Part 1: A simple reversible simulator

Mathias SoekenMay 8, 2020May 8, 202005/8/20

Simulators are a particularly versatile feature of the QDK. This post is the first in a series that teaches you how to write your own simulators, thereby broadly extending the scope of Q#.

Extending the Q# Compiler

Bettina HeimFebruary 26, 2020Feb 26, 202002/26/20

In this blog post, I would like to talk about a feature that is especially interesting when it comes to new ways for you to incorporate your own ideas and vision into our tools: Custom compilation steps, which allow you to extend and customize the Q# compilation process.

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