new to gnome dev

[Pipo <pipo2m5 yahoo com ar>]

Hi there i',m new to gnome development, and i first want to know if this list
is for a newby like me.

I'm interested in gnome's development plataform altough i don't like gnome desktop
very much. I feel desktops must be fast and small. Gnome's technology is great for large application development, but it's too much for desktop utilities.

However, a good thing is that gnome's applications don't depend on gnome desktop, so i like gnome as development environment.

Ok, my first question is if bonobo could be used out of gnome or it's gnome's dependant.
Can i develop a bonobo interface over a non-gnome application ?