# quantumnovice/awesome-civil-engineering architecture

> Architecture diagram of the GitHub repository quantumnovice/awesome-civil-engineering, generated by GitDiagram from its file tree, README and a sample of source files (last updated 2026-09-29). It is an AI-made overview: check details against the source.

- Interactive diagram: https://gitdiagram.com/quantumnovice/awesome-civil-engineering
- Repository: https://github.com/quantumnovice/awesome-civil-engineering

## Overview

This repository is a curated civil-engineering resource catalog, with a generator that validates structured catalog data and renders the README. Its main user workflow is browsing categorized resources in that README. A secondary workflow synchronizes GitHub contributors into the acknowledgements file. The README documents a broad range of engineering disciplines and tool types; the available source excerpts show the generator and contributor-sync implementation, but not the catalog data or template contents.

Main entry points: [`README.md`](https://github.com/quantumnovice/awesome-civil-engineering/blob/main/README.md) (Resource README), [`generate.py`](https://github.com/quantumnovice/awesome-civil-engineering/blob/main/generate.py) (README generator), [`sync_contributors.py`](https://github.com/quantumnovice/awesome-civil-engineering/blob/main/sync_contributors.py) (Contributor sync), [`data/resources.json`](https://github.com/quantumnovice/awesome-civil-engineering/blob/main/data/resources.json) (Resource catalog data)

## Diagram (Mermaid)

```mermaid
flowchart TD

subgraph group_catalog["Resource catalog"]
  node_readme["Resource README<br/>[README.md]"]
  node_water["Water resources<br/>[README.md]"]
  node_structures["Structural engineering<br/>[README.md]"]
  node_other_disciplines["Other disciplines<br/>[README.md]"]
  node_practice_tools["Practice tools<br/>[README.md]"]
  node_programming["Programming resources<br/>[README.md]"]
end

subgraph group_generation["README generation"]
  node_catalog_data[("Resource catalog data<br/>[resources.json]")]
  node_generator["README generator<br/>[generate.py]"]
  node_template["README template<br/>[README.md.j2]"]
end

subgraph group_contributors["Contributor sync"]
  node_contributor_sync["Contributor sync"]
  node_github["GitHub contributors API"]
  node_acknowledgements["Contributor acknowledgements<br/>[contributing.md]"]
end

node_engineer(("Catalog reader"))

node_engineer -->|"browses"| node_readme
node_readme -->|"lists"| node_water
node_readme -->|"lists"| node_structures
node_readme -->|"lists"| node_other_disciplines
node_readme -->|"lists"| node_practice_tools
node_readme -->|"lists"| node_programming
node_catalog_data -->|"validates and loads"| node_generator
node_template -->|"renders through"| node_generator
node_generator -->|"writes"| node_readme
node_github -->|"provides contributors"| node_contributor_sync
node_contributor_sync -->|"updates"| node_acknowledgements

click node_readme "https://github.com/quantumnovice/awesome-civil-engineering/blob/main/README.md"
click node_water "https://github.com/quantumnovice/awesome-civil-engineering/blob/main/README.md"
click node_structures "https://github.com/quantumnovice/awesome-civil-engineering/blob/main/README.md"
click node_other_disciplines "https://github.com/quantumnovice/awesome-civil-engineering/blob/main/README.md"
click node_practice_tools "https://github.com/quantumnovice/awesome-civil-engineering/blob/main/README.md"
click node_programming "https://github.com/quantumnovice/awesome-civil-engineering/blob/main/README.md"
click node_catalog_data "https://github.com/quantumnovice/awesome-civil-engineering/blob/main/data/resources.json"
click node_generator "https://github.com/quantumnovice/awesome-civil-engineering/blob/main/generate.py"
click node_template "https://github.com/quantumnovice/awesome-civil-engineering/blob/main/templates/README.md.j2"
click node_contributor_sync "https://github.com/quantumnovice/awesome-civil-engineering/blob/main/sync_contributors.py"
click node_acknowledgements "https://github.com/quantumnovice/awesome-civil-engineering/blob/main/contributing.md"

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classDef toneBlue fill:#dbeafe,stroke:#2563eb,stroke-width:1.5px,color:#172554
classDef toneAmber fill:#fef3c7,stroke:#d97706,stroke-width:1.5px,color:#78350f
classDef toneMint fill:#dcfce7,stroke:#16a34a,stroke-width:1.5px,color:#14532d
classDef toneRose fill:#ffe4e6,stroke:#e11d48,stroke-width:1.5px,color:#881337
classDef toneIndigo fill:#e0e7ff,stroke:#4f46e5,stroke-width:1.5px,color:#312e81
classDef toneTeal fill:#ccfbf1,stroke:#0f766e,stroke-width:1.5px,color:#134e4a
class node_readme,node_water,node_structures,node_other_disciplines,node_practice_tools,node_programming toneBlue
class node_catalog_data,node_generator,node_template toneAmber
class node_contributor_sync,node_github,node_acknowledgements toneMint
class node_engineer toneIndigo
```

## Components

### Resource catalog

- [Resource README](https://github.com/quantumnovice/awesome-civil-engineering/blob/main/README.md): `README.md`
- [Water resources](https://github.com/quantumnovice/awesome-civil-engineering/blob/main/README.md): `README.md`
- [Structural engineering](https://github.com/quantumnovice/awesome-civil-engineering/blob/main/README.md): `README.md`
- [Other disciplines](https://github.com/quantumnovice/awesome-civil-engineering/blob/main/README.md): `README.md`
- [Practice tools](https://github.com/quantumnovice/awesome-civil-engineering/blob/main/README.md): `README.md`
- [Programming resources](https://github.com/quantumnovice/awesome-civil-engineering/blob/main/README.md): `README.md`

### README generation

- [Resource catalog data](https://github.com/quantumnovice/awesome-civil-engineering/blob/main/data/resources.json): `data/resources.json`
- [README generator](https://github.com/quantumnovice/awesome-civil-engineering/blob/main/generate.py): `generate.py`
- [README template](https://github.com/quantumnovice/awesome-civil-engineering/blob/main/templates/README.md.j2): `templates/README.md.j2`

### Contributor sync

- [Contributor sync](https://github.com/quantumnovice/awesome-civil-engineering/blob/main/sync_contributors.py): `sync_contributors.py`
- **GitHub contributors API**
- [Contributor acknowledgements](https://github.com/quantumnovice/awesome-civil-engineering/blob/main/contributing.md): `contributing.md`

### Other components

- **Catalog reader**

## Connections

- Catalog reader → Resource README: browses (evidence: `README.md`)
- Resource README → Water resources: lists (evidence: `README.md`)
- Resource README → Structural engineering: lists (evidence: `README.md`)
- Resource README → Other disciplines: lists (evidence: `README.md`)
- Resource README → Practice tools: lists (evidence: `README.md`)
- Resource README → Programming resources: lists (evidence: `README.md`)
- Resource catalog data → README generator: validates and loads (evidence: `generate.py`)
- README template → README generator: renders through (evidence: `generate.py`)
- README generator → Resource README: writes (evidence: `generate.py`)
- GitHub contributors API → Contributor sync: provides contributors (evidence: `sync_contributors.py`)
- Contributor sync → Contributor acknowledgements: updates (evidence: `sync_contributors.py`)