diff --git a/transcrypt/development/automated_tests/transcrypt/dictionaries/__init__.py b/transcrypt/development/automated_tests/transcrypt/dictionaries/__init__.py
index 0bca348e..4fdeb0ff 100644
--- a/transcrypt/development/automated_tests/transcrypt/dictionaries/__init__.py
+++ b/transcrypt/development/automated_tests/transcrypt/dictionaries/__init__.py
@@ -122,6 +122,17 @@ def run (autoTester):
     d5 = d4.copy()
     autoTester.check(d5)
 
+    autoTester.check(dict.fromkeys(['b', 'c', 'a']))
+    autoTester.check(dict.fromkeys(['b', 'c', 'a'], '42'))
+    autoTester.check(dict.fromkeys('bca'))
+    autoTester.check(d1.fromkeys('bca'))
+    autoTester.check(d1.fromkeys(['b', 'c', 'a']))
+    autoTester.check(d1.fromkeys(['b', 'c', 'a'], '42'))
+    autoTester.check({}.fromkeys(['b', 'c', 'a']))
+
+    autoTester.check ("not iterable", autoTester.expectException ( lambda: dict.fromkeys(42) ))
+    autoTester.check ("missing argument", autoTester.expectException ( lambda: dict.fromkeys() ))
+
     # Check pop of None value (issue 827)
     a = {'hello': None}
     value = a.pop('hello', '<DEFAULT>')
diff --git a/transcrypt/development/automated_tests/transcrypt/module_builtin/__init__.py b/transcrypt/development/automated_tests/transcrypt/module_builtin/__init__.py
index 51712ef5..79ef6c91 100644
--- a/transcrypt/development/automated_tests/transcrypt/module_builtin/__init__.py
+++ b/transcrypt/development/automated_tests/transcrypt/module_builtin/__init__.py
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ def run (autoTester):
                       max([[5,6,7,8,9],[1,2,3,4]],default=[1,1,1],key=len),
                       max ([], default='zzz'),
                       )
-    # autoTester.check ('max', autoTester.expectException(lambda: max () ))
-    # autoTester.check ('max', autoTester.expectException(lambda: max (1,2,3,4, default=5) ))
-    # autoTester.check ('max', autoTester.expectException(lambda: max (default=5)))
-    # autoTester.check ('max', autoTester.expectException(lambda: max ([])))
-    # autoTester.check ('max', autoTester.expectException(lambda: max([5,6,7,8,9],[1,2,3,4],default=[1,1,1],key=len) ))
+    autoTester.check ('max', autoTester.expectException(lambda: max () ))
+    autoTester.check ('max', autoTester.expectException(lambda: max (1,2,3,4, default=5) ))
+    autoTester.check ('max', autoTester.expectException(lambda: max (default=5)))
+    autoTester.check ('max', autoTester.expectException(lambda: max ([])))
+    autoTester.check ('max', autoTester.expectException(lambda: max([5,6,7,8,9],[1,2,3,4],default=[1,1,1],key=len) ))
     # autoTester.check ('max', autoTester.expectException(lambda: max ([4, 5, 'xyz', 'XYZ']) ))  # exception not currently implemented
 
     autoTester.check ('abs', abs (-1), abs (1), abs (0), abs (-0.1), abs (0.1))
diff --git a/transcrypt/modules/org/transcrypt/__builtin__.js b/transcrypt/modules/org/transcrypt/__builtin__.js
index 3c12be31..6dcc652a 100644
--- a/transcrypt/modules/org/transcrypt/__builtin__.js
+++ b/transcrypt/modules/org/transcrypt/__builtin__.js
@@ -1924,12 +1924,28 @@ function __update__ (aDict) {
 
 function __copy__ () {
     let dNew = {};
-    for (var attrib in this) {
+    for (let attrib in this) {
         dNew[attrib] = this[attrib];
     }
     return dict(dNew);
 }
 
+function __fromkeys__ (iterable, defVal) {
+    if(iterable === undefined){
+        throw TypeError("fromkeys expected at least 1 argument, got 0")
+    }
+    if ( !(['[object Array]', '[object String]'].includes(Object.prototype.toString.call(iterable))) ) {
+        throw TypeError("object is not iterable", new Error());
+    }
+
+    if(defVal === undefined) defVal = null;
+    let dNew = {};
+    for (let idx= 0; idx < iterable.length; idx++) {
+        dNew[iterable[idx]] = defVal;
+    }
+    return dict(dNew);
+}
+
 function __values__ () {
     var values = [];
     for (var attrib in this) {
@@ -1950,19 +1966,19 @@ function __dsetitem__ (aKey, aValue) {
 }
 
 export function dict (objectOrPairs) {
-    var instance = {};
+    let instance = {};
     if (!objectOrPairs || objectOrPairs instanceof Array) { // It's undefined or an array of pairs
         if (objectOrPairs) {
-            for (var index = 0; index < objectOrPairs.length; index++) {
-                var pair = objectOrPairs [index];
-                if ( !(pair instanceof Array) || pair.length != 2) {
+            for (let index = 0; index < objectOrPairs.length; index++) {
+                const pair = objectOrPairs [index];
+                if ( !(pair instanceof Array) || pair.length !== 2) {
                     throw ValueError(
                         "dict update sequence element #" + index +
                         " has length " + pair.length +
                         "; 2 is required", new Error());
                 }
-                var key = pair [0];
-                var val = pair [1];
+                const key = pair [0];
+                let val = pair [1];
                 if (!(objectOrPairs instanceof Array) && objectOrPairs instanceof Object) {
                      // User can potentially pass in an object
                      // that has a hierarchy of objects. This
@@ -1980,14 +1996,14 @@ export function dict (objectOrPairs) {
     }
     else {
         if (isinstance (objectOrPairs, dict)) {
-            // Passed object is a dict already so we need to be a little careful
+            // Passed object is a dict already, so we need to be a little careful
             // N.B. - this is a shallow copy per python std - so
             // it is assumed that children have already become
             // python objects at some point.
             
-            var aKeys = objectOrPairs.py_keys ();
-            for (var index = 0; index < aKeys.length; index++ ) {
-                var key = aKeys [index];
+            const aKeys = objectOrPairs.py_keys ();
+            for (let index = 0; index < aKeys.length; index++ ) {
+                const key = aKeys [index];
                 instance [key] = objectOrPairs [key];
             }
         } else if (objectOrPairs instanceof Object) {
@@ -2002,7 +2018,7 @@ export function dict (objectOrPairs) {
         }
     }
 
-    // Trancrypt interprets e.g. {aKey: 'aValue'} as a Python dict literal rather than a JavaScript object literal
+    // Transcrypt interprets e.g. {aKey: 'aValue'} as a Python dict literal rather than a JavaScript object literal
     // So dict literals rather than bare Object literals will be passed to JavaScript libraries
     // Some JavaScript libraries call all enumerable callable properties of an object that's passed to them
     // So the properties of a dict should be non-enumerable
@@ -2021,6 +2037,7 @@ export function dict (objectOrPairs) {
     __setproperty__ (instance, 'py_update', {value: __update__, enumerable: false});
     __setproperty__ (instance, 'py_copy', {value: __copy__, enumerable: false});
     __setproperty__ (instance, 'py_values', {value: __values__, enumerable: false});
+    __setproperty__ (instance, 'py_fromkeys', {value: __fromkeys__, enumerable: false});
     __setproperty__ (instance, '__getitem__', {value: __dgetitem__, enumerable: false});    // Needed since compound keys necessarily
     __setproperty__ (instance, '__setitem__', {value: __dsetitem__, enumerable: false});    // trigger overloading to deal with slices
     return instance;
@@ -2028,6 +2045,7 @@ export function dict (objectOrPairs) {
 
 dict.__name__ = 'dict';
 dict.__bases__ = [object];
+dict.py_fromkeys = __fromkeys__
 
 // Docstring setter
 
diff --git a/transcrypt/modules/org/transcrypt/autotester/__init__.py b/transcrypt/modules/org/transcrypt/autotester/__init__.py
index ad12af1e..0905236d 100644
--- a/transcrypt/modules/org/transcrypt/autotester/__init__.py
+++ b/transcrypt/modules/org/transcrypt/autotester/__init__.py
@@ -174,7 +174,9 @@ def expectException(self, func):
         try:
             func()
             return("no exception")
-        except Exception as exc:
+        except Exception:
+            return("exception")
+        except object:  # required to catch some JS exceptions in the browser
             return("exception")
 
     def throwToError(self, func):
diff --git a/transcrypt/modules/org/transcrypt/compiler.py b/transcrypt/modules/org/transcrypt/compiler.py
index 6acb4b3a..6ad08723 100644
--- a/transcrypt/modules/org/transcrypt/compiler.py
+++ b/transcrypt/modules/org/transcrypt/compiler.py
@@ -577,9 +577,10 @@ def __init__ (self, module):
             ('type', 'py_metatype'),                ('js_type', 'type'),    # Only for the type metaclass, the type operator is dealt with separately in visit_Call
             ('TypeError', 'py_TypeError'),          ('js_TypeError', 'TypeError'),
             ('update', 'py_update'),                ('js_update', 'update'),
-            ('copy', 'py_copy'),
-            ('deepcopy', 'py_deepcopy'),
+            ('copy', 'py_copy'),                    ('js_copy', 'copy'),
+            ('deepcopy', 'py_deepcopy'),            ('js_deepcopy', 'deepcopy'),
             ('values', 'py_values'),                ('js_values', 'values'),
+            ('fromkeys', 'py_fromkeys'),
             ('reversed', 'py_reversed'),            ('js_reversed', 'reversed'),
             ('setdefault', 'py_setdefault'),        ('js_setdefault', 'setdefault'),
                                                     ('js_super', 'super'),