data = pd.get_dummies(data) code example

Example 1: getting dummies for a column in pandas dataframe

note:
dummies = pd.get_dummies(df[['column_1']], drop_first=True)

note:for more that one coloum keep ading in the list 
dummies = pd.get_dummies(df[['column_1', 'column_2','column_3']], drop_first=True)

Example 2: pandas.get_dummies

>>> pd.get_dummies(pd.Series(list('abcaa')), drop_first=True)
   b  c
0  0  0
1  1  0
2  0  1
3  0  0
4  0  0