qiskit VS pyquirk

Qiskit

Hello, guys. I am a newbie to quantum computing. I got a question when reading the textbook on Qiskit.org.

Second talk: Gesture Classification on a Smartphone Web-App using a Quantum ComputerDavid Alber and Olaf Hahn will demonstrate that Quantum enhanced Support Vector Machines (QSVMs) can be utilized to classify gestures made by a conventional smartphone. They will showcase how developers can utilize the Qiskit Python framework and provision IBM Cloud and IBM Quantum resources to integrate such models in a traditional application environment seamlessly.Machine learning and quantum are promising technologies with the potential to address yet intractable problems. The hybrid nature of QSVMs makes it possible to deploy such models already today. We will show you how.

Also, see Shor's algorithm for a quantum approach to prime factorization, and maybe have a play with qiskit

Qiskit

I think Python would be a more mainstream choice and so you'll find modules like qiskit or [qutip(https://qutip.org/) already exist and will make life easier.

If you want to be a bit more physics-focused in your coding, it might help to dig up a course or textbook on numerical methods in physics. Being able to numerically solve differential equations is probably the most generally applicable skill in physics. Machine learning methods are pretty ''hot right now'' and might be fun to have a look into. And for quantum technology in particular, you might enjoy having a look at some python packages like Kwant for quantum transport, QuTiP for quantum dynamics and Qiskit for quantum computing. You won't understand the physics for this for quite some time, they might help serve as a bit of inspiration and an indication as to what physicists can use programming for.

Shameless plug: I have developed a python code for building latex circuits. Use the drag-and-drop builder called Quirk and parse it through pyquirk. See the GitHub repo for details.