Q#

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Awesome Q#

Q# is a domain-specific programming language used for expressing quantum algorithms. It was initially released to the public by Microsoft as part of the Quantum Development Kit. –Wikipedia

A list of Q# code and resources.

Feel free to improve this list using GitHub pull request mechanism, see CONTRIBUTING for more information.

Contents

• Official Resources
• Tutorials
• Books
• Videos
• Q/A
• Coding Contests and Solutions
• IDE Integration
• Demos, Samples, and Additional Libraries
• Blogs

Official Resources

• Installation guide
• Q# samples
• Q# libraries
• Quantum Development Kit documentation - Specially "Quantum computing concepts" gives a good introduction to quantum computing in general.
• Quantum Computing Libraries for noncommercial use
• Q# libraries for the Quantum Development Kit

Tutorials

• Quantum Katas - Programming exercises for learning Q# and quantum computing.
• Quantum Kata Notebooks - Online self-paced tutorials for learning Q# programming and quantum computing.
• Create your first Q# program by using the Quantum Development Kit - Microsoft Learn module.
• Deutsch-Jozsa Algorithm - Materials for self-paced "Introduction to Quantum Computing" workshop presented at Grace Hopper Celebration 2018 and Hopper x1 Seattle 2019.
• Quantum Perceptron - Materials for self-paced "Introduction to Quantum Machine Learning" workshop presented at MLADS 2018.
• Quantum Classification - Materials for self-paced "Introduction to Quantum Classification" lab presented at MLADS 2020.
• Quantum Computing with Microsoft QDK - Manning liveProject series that guides the learner through implementation of a variety of protocols and algorithms using Q# and Microsoft QDK.

Books

• [Learn Quantum Computing with Python and Q#](https://www.manning.com/books/learn-quantum-computing-with-python-and-q-sharp) - Manning, 2021, Sarah Kaiser and Chris Granade.
• Q# Pocket Guide - O'Reilly, 2022, Mariia Mykhailova.
• [Introduction to Quantum Computing with Q# and QDK](https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-99379-5) - Springer, 2022, Filip Wojcieszyn.
• [Introducing Microsoft Quantum Computing for Developers](https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4842-7246-6) - Apress, 2022, Johnny Hooyberghs.

Videos

• Microsoft Quantum Development Kit Preview - Krysta Svore - step-by-step demo of quantum teleportation at Microsoft Mechanics.
• Introduction to Quantum Programming through the Quantum Katas - Bettina Heim, Microsoft Ignite 2018 session (here is the same session held with VS Code instead of Visual Studio).
• Learn to build your first quantum solution with the Quantum Development Kit and Q# - John Azariah, Microsoft Build 2018 session.
• Programming quantum computers in .NET using Microsoft Q# - Rolf Huisman.
• Quantum computing sessions at //Build

Q/A

• Q# tag on Stack Overflow
• [Q# tag on Quantum Computing StackExchange](https://quantumcomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/q%23)

Coding Contests and Solutions

Official resources

• Microsoft Q# Coding Contest (Summer 2018)
• Microsoft Q# Coding Contest (Summer 2018) Warmup Round
• Solution descriptions for Microsoft Q# Coding Contest (Summer 2018) and for the Warmup Round
• Microsoft Q# Coding Contest (Winter 2019)
• Microsoft Q# Coding Contest (Winter 2019) Warmup Round
• Solution descriptions for Microsoft Q# Coding Contest (Winter 2019) and for the Warmup Round
• Microsoft Q# Coding Contest (Summer 2020)
• Microsoft Q# Coding Contest (Summer 2020) Warmup Round
• Solution descriptions for Microsoft Q# Coding Contest (Summer 2020) and for the Warmup Round

Participants' solutions

• Solutions to the 2018 Microsoft Q# Coding Challenge and Warm-Up on Codeforces
• Q# codes by Hiroshi Kurokawa
• No Description_ by Hajime Fukuda

IDE Integration

• Visual Studio
• Visual Studio Code
• Emacs
• Atom
• Vim
• Jupyter Notebook

Demos, Samples, and Additional Libraries

• Quantum Computing Q# Introduction 2018
• [A implementation of Shor's algorithm written in Python calling Q# for the quantum part](https://github.com/Michaelvll/myQShor)
• Hadamard Gate Q# Demo
• Q# Bell State Program
• Q# playgroud
• QuantumPeep - Generate Q# from JavaScript/TypeScript.

Blogs

• Q# Dev Blog - Official blog of Q# dev team.
• Microsoft Quantum Blog - Official blog of Microsoft Quantum team.
• Q# Advent Calendar 2018 - Collection of Q#-related blog posts.
• Q# Advent Calendar 2019 - Collection of Q#-related blog posts.
• Q# Advent Calendar 2020 - Collection of Q#-related blog posts.
• Q# Advent Calendar 2021 - Collection of Q#-related blog posts.
• [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Quantum Computing and Q#](https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/uk_faculty_connection/2018/02/26/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-quantum-computing-and-q-blog/)
• El Bruno's blog posts
• Q# Community