Minimal chess openings for noobs

Greetings!

I basically in the last two weeks have started seriously trying to learn to play chess. I've been almost totally ignoring openings because my tactical ability is still rather poor (about all I know is "e4", try to attack the middle four squares on the board first, and try to build up pawn structure to support other pawns and pieces).

I'm wondering if I should just continue to forget about specific openings and just learn tactics, or if there are some openings I should study to maybe just 3 moves deep or something.

What should I do? Thanks

Learn opening principles, not variations. Continue to work on tactics and some basic endgames.

As a beginner, I think tactics and basic principles should be the first thing you really start learning. Opening memorization, though helpful, isn't really necessary until you reach a certain level of competition.

Openings are a waste of time when none of your opponents are playing book lines after 3 or 4 moves.

"I never met an opening I liked. I never met an opening book I didn't consider buying." --- Me

1) Play with ideas, not a memorized list of moves

2) It's okay to know something about the lines you encounter in the opening. If you feel tripped up after a few moves go ahead and look it up online or in an opening book, but understand the reasons behind the moves being played. You will gradually expand your opening understanding in a way that also expands your understanding of opening principles.

Continue tactics studying and stuff BUT after you play a game with someone, check where you or or opponent deviated and why that might have not been the best move. MCO-14 is good for this.

Openings involve specific sequences of moves, and there are specific reasons for the order.  However, until players are up to a certain proficiency level, those exact sequences are usually less crucial than the resulting positions.  Instead, pay attention to which squares are good to develop your pieces onto, and for your first few moves concentrate on getting your pieces to those squares while simultaneously responding to your opponent's development.  If your pieces are nicely placed by move 6 or move 10 or thereabouts you've got a good foundation set for entering the middlegame.