The document provides an overview of changes for developers moving to ASP.NET Core 1 from MVC and Web API. Key changes include ASP.NET Core 1 being cross-platform and lightweight, unifying MVC and Web API concepts, and reworking low-level APIs. The middleware pipeline is configured to route requests and add services. Tag helpers replace HTML helpers for view rendering. Web APIs use attribute routing but no longer have conventions for HTTP verbs; the WebApiCompatShim can be added to support conventions.