Azure Quantum Development Kit Files

We are excited to release v1.16 of the Quantum Development Kit. The big features of this release are:

Copilot integration

With VS Code Copilot integration you can now use Copilot to to assist with many tasks such as writing code, generating tests, connecting to an Azure Quantum workspace, submit jobs to run on hardware, and more!

See the wiki page at https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/wiki/Make-the-best-of-Q%23-and-VS-Code-agent-mode for more info, as well as tips and best practices.

Circuit Editor

You can now add .qsc files to your project which provide a drag-and-drop circuit editor user interface to create quantum operations, which can then be called from your Q# code.

See the wiki page at https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/wiki/Circuit-Editor for more details.

What's Changed

Other notable changes are listed below

• Update chemistry test imports by @swernli in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/2264
• Update to Rust 1.86 by @swernli in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/2279
• Fixed message to display correct normalizing coefficient by @DmitryVasilevsky in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/2280
• Fix Test Explorer issues by @billti in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/2291
• Circuit Editor by @ScottCarda-MS in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/2238
• Reimplement Parser by @idavis in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/2149
• Add lint groups to Q# by @orpuente-MS in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/2103
• Fix run button disable. Switching to tutorial and back to samples (#1849) by @thecoder93 in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/2206
• Add better fuzzing compilation by @idavis in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/2292
• Added RoundHalfAwayFromZero to standard library by @DmitryVasilevsky in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/2321
• Added BigIntAsInt to Std.Convert by @DmitryVasilevsky in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/2325
• Added ApplyOperationPowerA to Std.Canon by @DmitryVasilevsky in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/2324
• Circuit Code Improvements by @ScottCarda-MS in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/2329
• Use LaTeX fonts for math symbols in circuit diagrams by @billti in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/2327
• Addressed Kata feedback by @DmitryVasilevsky in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/2337
• Avoid changing layout if the panel is already visible by @billti in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/2344
• Add Python evaluation API by @idavis in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/2345
• Add "Update Copilot instructions" command by @minestarks in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/2343
• Fix paths to be relative and add single file sample by @billti in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/2347
• Add Ising model samples by @DmitryVasilevsky in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/2342
• Add GitHub Copilot tools for Azure Quantum by @minestarks in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/2349

New Contributors

• @absoludity made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/2259
• @thecoder93 made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/2244

Full Changelog: https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/compare/v1.15.0...v1.16.0