{"id":277,"date":"2017-12-11T06:12:49","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T14:12:49","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-10-10T11:34:13","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T18:34:13","slug":"announcing-microsoft-quantum-development-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/quantum\/2017\/12\/11\/announcing-microsoft-quantum-development-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the Microsoft Quantum Development Kit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just a few months back,\u00a0Microsoft CEO\u00a0Satya\u00a0Nadella\u00a0shared\u00a0our\u00a0vision of\u00a0empowering the quantum revolution with\u00a0bold investments towards\u00a0a\u00a0scalable end-to-end solution,\u00a0revolutionary topological\u00a0approach, and a global team.\u00a0Today, we\u00a0take the next step\u00a0in this\u00a0journey\u00a0with\u00a0the\u00a0Microsoft Quantum Development Kit to help you get started\u00a0with quantum development.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Microsoft\u00a0Quantum Development Kit,\u00a0preview\u00a0available\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/quantum\/development-kit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>,\u00a0includes\u00a0the following three key\u00a0components:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><b>Fully integrated\u00a0quantum-focused programming language\u00a0Q# (Q-sharp):<\/b><br \/>\nDesigned\u00a0ground\u00a0up\u00a0for\u00a0quantum, Q#\u00a0is\u00a0the\u00a0most approachable high-level programming\u00a0language with\u00a0a\u00a0native\u00a0type system for\u00a0qubits,\u00a0operators,\u00a0and\u00a0other abstractions. 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