Q# Blog

Festivus: Q# Feats of Strength

Mariia Mykhailova December 23, 2019 Dec 23, 2019 12/23/19

Q# team celebrates Festivus by listing Q# strengths - their favorite language features and tools.

Everything you should know about the Quantum Development Kit, but were afraid to ask

Andrés Paz December 19, 2019 Dec 19, 2019 12/19/19

Microsoft's Quantum Development Kit (QDK) is a set of open-source tools designed to help developers write quantum programs at scale.
The most recognizable element of the QDK is Q#, a high level programming language designed for quantum programs, but the QDK is comprised of much more than that.

Add Your Own Code Actions!

Bettina Heim December 18, 2019 Dec 18, 2019 12/18/19

We discuss code actions in Q# and the details of their implementation in the compiler.

Q# Unit Tests

Scott Carda December 14, 2019 Dec 14, 2019 12/14/19

A brief introduction to unit tests with Q#.

Q# Compiler Optimizations

Rory Soiffer December 12, 2019 Dec 12, 2019 12/12/19

In this post Rory Soiffer, an intern with Microsoft's Quantum group during the summer of 2019, describes the project he worked on - building a framework for Q# compiler optimizations.

A Second Year of Q#

Alan Geller December 11, 2019 Dec 11, 2019 12/11/19

A look back at the second year of Q#.

New Tutorials: Learn the Basic Concepts of Quantum Computing

Mariia Mykhailova December 5, 2019 Dec 5, 2019 12/5/19

We present the new set of introductory tutorials on the basic concepts of quantum computing, complete with programming exercises in Python and Q#.

Teaching Quantum Computing with Q#

Mariia Mykhailova December 4, 2019 Dec 4, 2019 12/4/19

This winter our team had an exciting opportunity to teach an introductory course on quantum computing at the University of Washington, led by Krysta Svore. This post is an overview of the course and its results.

Quantum at Microsoft Ignite 2019

Megan Brown December 3, 2019 Dec 3, 2019 12/3/19

This year at Microsoft Ignite 2019, Microsoft announced Azure Quantum, a full-stack approach to quantum computing. The Microsoft Quantum team had a booth on the show floor as well as several sessions on all topics related to quantum computing during the conference.

What are Qubits?

Alan Geller December 1, 2019 Dec 1, 2019 12/1/19

We consider the true nature of qubits, both as physical objects and as how they should be represented in a programming language.