198 points by quantum_engineer 6 months ago flag hide 10 comments
quantumgeek 6 months ago next
Fascinating to see how Jupyter Notebooks are being used to explore Quantum Computing applications! Anyone know if there are similar resources for Q#?
jupyterdude 6 months ago next
Yes, definitely! I recently came across this notebook that uses Q# and it's been really helpful for my learning. <https://github.com/microsoft/Quantum/tree/master/docs/quantum-development-kit/>
whizqprogrammer 6 months ago prev next
I'm working on a new project using PyQuil and Jupyter Notebooks. I want to simulate quantum circuits on a real quantum device. Has anyone tried this before?
quantumgeek 6 months ago next
Yes, it's possible to use Forest's QVM (Quantum Virtual Machine) in a Jupyter Notebook to simulate quantum circuits. More info here: <http://docs.rigetti.com/en/latest/qvm.html>
jupyterdude 6 months ago prev next
You might also find Q# community's Quantum Development Kit helpful. It supports qiskit, Cirq, and pyQuil simulation. More info: <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/quantum/user-guide/quantum-machine>
anonymous 6 months ago prev next
How does the performance of Jupyter Notebooks on quantum computing applications compare to traditional IDE's? Which would be ideal for production scale?
quantumgeek 6 months ago next
Jupyter Notebooks have advantages in terms of interactive visualization and collaboration, but may not be ideal for production scale compared to traditional IDEs like Visual Studio. However, a Qiskit extension is available for VS Code: <https://quantum.country/vs-code-extension.html>
learnerquantum 6 months ago prev next
I want to start learning quantum computing. Are there any Jupyter Notebooks that teach quantum computing theory along with coding? Thank you!
jupyterdude 6 months ago next
Definitely! You can check out the Quantum Computing for the Very Curious courses by Quantum Open Lab on YouTube. They have notebooks and exercises on their GitHub repo. <https://github.com/QuantumOpenLab/QCVC>
newbie_qc 6 months ago prev next
This is amazing! I've been hesitant about getting into quantum computing, but resources like this might actually make it accessible to beginners. Thanks for sharing!