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CTOnews.com, September 22 (Xinhua)-- Microsoft released the Azure Quantum development tool QDK in 2017. Microsoft rewrote the tool in Rust and compiled it into WebAssembly for VS Code and web use, according to a Microsoft blog post.

"the speed of the new development tool is more than 100 times faster, and the installation size is reduced by 1100, making the overall installation and development process easier, even in browsers," the official said.

After querying, CTOnews.com learned that the old development tools are based on. NET, so developers need to learn .NET first when using this tool, which increases the additional learning cost. in addition, the old development tools are not fully compatible with Apple Silicon and ARM64 Windows, so the installation and use cost is more complex.

Therefore, Microsoft decided to redesign the development tools at the end of 2022, thus lowering the development threshold and simplifying installation, learning, development, maintenance and other tasks. One of the key changes is to write in Rust as much as possible, because Rust is relatively more universal and allows programs to work in browsers.

▲ source Microsoft blog new version of the development tool improvement is quite significant, in which the size is reduced by more than 100 times, the original development tools will generate more than 180 MB local occupation, now the new VS Code expansion suite of VSIX is only about 700KB, it already contains all the content needed for development, installation only takes a few seconds.

In terms of efficiency, the new version of the development tool has also been greatly improved. In the past, compilation needed to be timed in minutes, but now it only takes "milliseconds" to compile, and even "such an efficient experience can be achieved in browsers."

Officials also said that Microsoft's VS Code for the Web can execute IDE in the browser and does not need to be installed locally, so relevant developers can also operate in the browser without installing any software locally.

▲ source Microsoft blog

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