@April - A very fair point i should have explained my self better. What i meant was that the disappointment was not just because they were using 3rd party plugins/themes it more the fact that it just shows you how to use the plugins which the plugins themselves shows you. They do go a little deeper but not deep enough in my opinion. For me the worse part is they have chosen some plugins over better ones that are out there and they don't even mention them. If it had more scope with other plugins then this could of been a great book.