Merge pull request #75 from ProjectQ-Framework/release-0.1a1

Release 0.1a1

Author: damiansteiger

.gitignore

@@ -1,6 +1,72 @@
-*.pyc
-__pycache__/
 .DS_Store
-.ipynb_checkpoints/
 *lastfailed
 *coverage
+
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+wheels/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+
+# PyInstaller
+#  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
+#  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
+*.manifest
+*.spec
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*.cover
+.hypothesis/
+
+# Sphinx documentation
+docs/_build/
+
+# PyBuilder
+target/
+
+# Jupyter Notebook
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# pyenv
+.python-version
+
+# Environments
+.env
+.venv
+env/
+venv/
+ENV/
+
+# mkdocs documentation
+/site

README.rst

@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ FermiLib - An open source software for analyzing quantum simulation algorithms
 
 FermiLib is an open source effort for analyzing quantum simulation algorithms.
 
-The first version (v0.1a0) is an alpha release which features data structures and tools for obtaining and manipulating representations of fermionic Hamiltonians. FermiLib is designed as a library on top of ProjectQ and leverages ProjectQ to compile, emulate and simulate quantum circuits.
+The first version (v0.1a0) is an alpha release which features data structures and tools for obtaining and manipulating representations of fermionic Hamiltonians. FermiLib is designed as a library on top of `ProjectQ <https://github.com/ProjectQ-Framework/ProjectQ>`__ and leverages ProjectQ to compile, emulate and simulate quantum circuits. There are also `plugins <http://projectq.ch/code-and-docs/#Fermilib>`__ available for FermiLib.
 
 Getting started
 ---------------
 
 To start using FermiLib, simply follow the installation instructions in the `intro <http://fermilib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/intro.html>`__. There, you will also find `code examples <http://fermilib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/examples.html>`__. Also, make sure to check out the `ProjectQ
-website <http://www.projectq.ch>`__ and the detailed `code documentation <http://fermilib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/fermilib.html>`__.
+website <http://www.projectq.ch>`__ and the detailed `code documentation <http://fermilib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/fermilib.html>`__. Moreover, take a look at the available `plugins <http://projectq.ch/code-and-docs/#Fermilib>`__ for FermiLib.
 
 How to contribute
 -----------------