title: C# namespaces in web.config
body: <p>Coming from a VB background and being forced to learn C# I have hit the first hurdle. </p>
  
  <p>In VB i could put all the namespaces I wanted available across the entire app in the web.config file and it would be available in each code behind file without me having to add import statements. </p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;namespaces&gt;
  &lt;clear/&gt;
  &lt;add namespace="System"/&gt;
  &lt;add namespace="System.Collections"/&gt;
  &lt;add namespace="System.Collections.Generic"/&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p></p>
  
  <p>It seems Visual Studio can't do this with C# and I have to add using statements all over the place.</p>
  
  <p>Please tell me I'm missing something obvious and there is a way to get this done. </p>