Why am I getting Name Error when importing a class?

Question

I am just starting to learn Python, but I have already run into some errors. I have made a file called pythontest.py with the following contents:

Answer 1

You need to do:

>>> import pythontest
>>> f = pythontest.Fridge()

Bonus: your code would be better written like this:

def __init__(self, items=None):
    """Optionally pass in an initial dictionary of items"""
    if items is None:
         items = {}
    if not isinstance(items, dict):
        raise TypeError("Fridge requires a dictionary but was given %s" % type(items))
    self.items = items