Review: Q-Ctrl’s Black Opal Tutorials

These Might Be The Best

Q-Ctrl announced a series of new quantum computing tutorials, because if there’s one thing the industry desperately needs right now, it’s more tutorials. Especially for beginners. You just can’t find those anywhere.

Sarcasm notwithstanding, they’re really good.

I’m on record on many occasions stating that the best quantum computing tutorials ever were the original IBMQ tutorials, written by Dr. James Wootton, et al. These tutorials morphed into what is now the Qiskit textbook, which is an intimidating document. The former provided a gentle introduction to quantum computing, while the latter looks like an entire university program. I advocate a two-step program: welcome me into the field with the gentle tutorials, and then after my feet are in a superposition of dry and wet, invite me to get serious with the textbook. But, I digress….

As fond as I am of those original tutorials, I must concede that the torch might have been passed. I’m placing an asterisk on that statement, which I am going to explain in this article, but the Q-Ctrl tutorials are that good.