2 simple questions on Xcode for the experts out there

Question

hey.  I have just started programming in C++ and am getting good results in the command line tool in xcode.
I am trying out my own programmes based on what I am learning from a C++ book.  However, there seems to be an issue with one of the things I have learned.
Acording to the book I can use a getline statement to allow a user to input a string with spaces such as a whole sentence instead of one word.
Well when ever I use getline, xcode reports no errors (build succeeded) however it always skips over the getline and moves to the next part of the code.for example,
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
//This is just a random example.
int main ()
    string first;
    string last;
    cout <<"what is your first name?";
    cin >>first;
    cout <<"what is your middle and last name?";
    getline (cin, last);
    cout <<"hello"  <<first <<" " <<last;
    return 0;
if it is my code please say.  But xcode only excepts my first name then skips right to hello. 
It does not pause to let me input middle and last.  How can I fix this?
Second question is I am viewing everything in the debug console.  How do I get my code to run in terminal?
Thank you so much to everyone that answers.

Answer 1

Saad Attieh wrote:
So how do I get this to run in terminal.app? Will it run any differently?
That is how I ran it. It runs the same.
The easiest way is to just inspect the build output , find the temporary path it uses, and go there. For simple programs like this, you can just type them in with vi and compile with clang++.
Oh yeah and do you know if and how I can use c++ to create a full application in Xcode?  As in what template do I choose?  According to the user guide I have to choose a carbon application template or something like that if I want to make a application with the usual quit and minimise etc buttons.  But I cannot find that so I am feeling very silly.
Also, looking a head into the future what are the best languages to use for coding in Mac OS X?
You should use Objective-C for building MacOS X programs. If you are building command line tools or libraries, you could just use C++. There isn't anything on the Mac that requires C++.
If you really wanted to, you could write the Mac parts in Objective-C and your own routines in C++ and connect them with C linkage. Another option would be to use Objective-C++. The core operating system and especially user interface libraries are all designed for Objective-C. It isn't smart to fight against the system.
In practice, C++ is just an awful language. Anything you might want to use C++ for can be more easily done in Objective-C. I spent 15 years writing C++ software. I really enjoyed it, but I realized that I enjoyed it because it was hard - like a puzzle. That approach isn't conducive to effective software development.