Onboarding
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Four hours. Hands-on. Browser-based. Here's what to bring and what to expect.
What You Need
- A laptop with a modern web browser
- A Google account (for Google Colab)
- Basic Python knowledge, variables, loops, functions
- Curiosity and patience
What You Don't
- A physics degree
- Linear algebra expertise
- Access to quantum hardware
- Any software installation
How it works
01
Read the concept
Each page explains one idea in plain English with visual aids.
02
Do the exercise
Click "Open in Google Colab" to run code in your browser.
03
Reflect and discuss
Answer the reflection questions and share with your group.
04
Move to the next topic
Use the navigation to proceed linearly through the workshop.
About Google Colab
Every exercise runs in Google Colab, a free, cloud-based Jupyter notebook environment. No installs. Nothing to break.
- ·No installation required. Everything runs in your browser.
- ·Sign in with Google when prompted.
- ·Click "Copy to Drive" to save your own copy of any notebook.
- ·Run cells with Shift+Enter or the play button.
The four hours
Approximate pacing.
Hr 01
Setup
Qubits, superposition
Hr 02
Building blocks
Entanglement, circuits
Hr 03
First algorithm
Grover's search
Hr 04
Capstone
Wrap-up & Q&A