There's an extension available for Google Chrome for Visual Studio Code that greatly helps when debugging SPFx projects. To start using the extension, first install it in VS Code:

1. Click on the EXTENSIONS pane in VS Code (or press Ctrl + Shift + X):

2. Search for Debugger for Chrome and click on Install. Remember to reload VS Code window by clicking on the reload button to load this new extension.
3. Now, we will need to introduce Chrome debugging for VS Code. Start by clicking on the debug icon on the left (or Ctrl + Shift + D):

4. Then, click on No Configurations and on Add configuration:

5. Select Chrome from the drop-down list.
6. This creates a new launch.json configuration file to parametrize the configuration for debugging with Chrome. Remove all contents in the file and replace it with following:

{ 
    "version": "0.2.0", 
    "configurations": [ 
        { 
            "name": "Local workbench&quot...