The assignment content describes the development of an e-commerce website called SMARTSTORE using Java EE. The project consists of three tiers: presentation, business logic, and data access. The architecture is based on JSP, Servlets, and EJB. The workflow for creating a customer's order involves navigating through different pages, including the index page, categories page, cart page, checkout page, and end-user manual. The assignment also provides test instructions for deploying and testing the application in NetBeans.