# UK Bank Holidays with Pandas on Jupyter

DevFeed: [UK Bank Holidays with Pandas on Jupyter](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/uk-bank-holidays-with-pandas-on-jupyter-19177.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://medium.com/bbc-product-technology/uk-bank-holidays-with-pandas-on-jupyter-35591e52a4ae?source=rss----ccd524e1760a---4>)

Author: Simone Spaccarotella

Published: 2022-09-21T17:22:24Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [BBC](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/bbc.md>)

Topics: [pandas](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pandas.md>), [Jupyter Notebook](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/jupyter-notebook.md>), [JSON](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/json.md>), [Python](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/python.md>), [Data Science](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-science.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>)

Tags: [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coding.md>), [data-science](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-science.md>), [json](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/json.md>), [jupyter-notebook](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/jupyter-notebook.md>), [kaggle](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kaggle.md>), [pandas](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pandas.md>), [python](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/python.md>)

## AI overview

A hands-on tutorial about using Pandas in a Jupyter Notebook to retrieve UK bank holiday data in JSON format and prepare it for analysis in a DataFrame. The article also describes the author's self-study practice in Python, data science, and machine learning.

## Source excerpt

How I learned to manipulate JSON data with Pandas on a Jupyter Notebook and deconstruct it to a DataFrame ready for queries.Image by author created from Jupiter photo by NASA and Pandas photo by Pascal Müller on UnsplashA bit of context first I started a self-study path to learn the theoretical fundamentals of Data Science and Machine Learning. I have also been playing with Python ever since, with coding exercises during the "Friday 10% time" here at the BBC and on my own time when I have some to spare. I created this playground repository to refresh my Pythonic knowledge that was buried deep inside the funny head of mine. This repo is a mix of material and exercises to keep my Python coding skills sharp. GitHub - simonespa/python-playground: A playground repo for Python I also created a specific playground focused on Data Science and Machine learning. In this playground I practice with libraries such as NumPy, Pandas, Scikit-Learn, TensorFlow (et. all) with a Jupyter Notebook. It also contains notes and summaries of what I learn in forms of README or notebooks. GitHub - simonespa/machine-learning-playground: A playground to practice machine learning, data modelling and visualisation Nothing fancy or ground-breaking, just a couple of playground repos for me to practice and learn at my own pace. The 10% time at the BBC This happens every other Friday and it is about learning. Engineers use this time to learn new technologies and/or languages, discover new approaches and techniques. We can organise the day as we want. It could be a self-paced learning session (reading, watching tutorials, etc.), a day of study for an apprenticeship or a university degree etc., an actual hands-on prototyping session to work on a long-running personal project, or a group collaboration with other like-minded people. There is no limitation to how we plan our day, as long as we keep in mind the end goal. In simple terms, satisfy our own curiosity and creativity by strengthening our technic